THE HAPPY PRINCE-MY LEARNING

The Happy Prince made me ponder about the ways of this world

One day you are at the helm of things

And another day , you are just dirt

One day the crowds bow down and salute you

The next day , you are a commodity so they just loot you

The tears of suffering that the Prince shed for his countrymen

Were appreciated by the swallow but not by the powerful men

Who tore down the statue because it was so bare

Devoid of gems and jewels , an eye sore – they didn’t care .

The friendship between the prince and the swallow was unreal

It did not belong to this materialistic world and was ethereal

True friends they were because they spent their final days together

Working as a team and thinking about the others

The Happy Prince made me misty eyed

It showed me the stark reality of life- cold , bare and forthright .

TARINI RAMCHANDANI, VII B