An Ideal World

By Amrita Manekar

I wish we were living in an ideal world

Thought the ever suffering old man

Where I wouldn't have to break my back

For this little amount of grain.

I wish we were living in an ideal world

Said the ever crying boy

Where I wouldn't have to go to school

And won't ever have to share a toy.

I wish we were living in an ideal world

Wrote the ever subdued lady

Where I can sing and laugh all I want

And not just write such thoughts in this diary.

I wish we were living in an ideal world

Thundered the omniscient God

Where people would stop praying for an ideal world

And be content with just what they've got.

By Amrita Manekar