Stay tuned to our new posts and updates! Click to join us on WhatsApp 
& Telegram 
Channel
& Telegram Channel 
The L&C-Silhouette Basket
A hand-picked basket of cherries from the world of most talked about books and popular posts on creative literature, reviews and interviews, movies and music, critiques and retrospectives ...
to enjoy, ponder, wonder & relish!
to enjoy, ponder, wonder & relish!
I watched as she walked away, Till I could see her no more
But she left behind some thoughts, And my teddy on the floor
That day the snow melted, Both inside and out
That day I finally realized, What childhood is all about
Sunset
‘Spoilt’ some called me
Since I was pampered by all
As a kid of five
I was chubby, fat and small
One day mum packed my clothes
Said something about ‘vacation’
I grabbed my teddy in my hand
And moved towards the station
A huge light hung from the ceiling
Mum called it a chandelier
And as I stared in awe and amazement
I dropped my teddy bear
A girl peeped out of the corner
Her eyes fixed on my toy
To her my brown stuffed animal
Seemed like a bundle of joy
I approached her with a smile
With the teddy I was to lend
And she smiled right back at me
She called me her friend!
She was a child labourer there
So I offered her my things
After all, I had plenty
Of those frocks, bows and rings
She smiled with her broken teeth
And to my very surprise
Said that possessions like these
Were a bunch of golden lies
For her true happiness
Was to eat leftover cake
To swing in the playground when no one was looking
To catch butterflies near the lake
Restaurant duties were her favourite
Because sometimes she danced along
When the singer ‘babu’ on the stage
Sang her favourite song
She said her name was Pinki
But that just didn’t seem right
Pink wasn’t present in her fate
Oh, such a sorry plight!
Her eyes sparkled
As she talked about her dreamland
And that is when I saw
The whip mark on her hand
Bruises on her face
Told me she gets beat
And cuts by broken glass
Had pierced her feet
Her smile suddenly faded
Her gaze shifted to the ground
And without uttering a word
She quietly turned around
I watched as she walked away
Till I could see her no more
But she left behind some thoughts
And my teddy on the floor
That day the snow melted
Both inside and out
That day I finally realized
What childhood is all about
Namaste! I'm Chaitali Wadhwa. I'm a poet by choice and a debater by nature. I aspire to be a lawyer!
All Posts of Chaitali Wadhwa
All Posts of Chaitali Wadhwa
Hope you enjoyed reading...
... we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading and supporting our creative, informative and analytical posts than ever before. And yes, we are firmly set on the path we chose when we started... our twin magazines Learning and Creativity and Silhouette Magazine (LnC-Silhouette) will be accessible to all, across the world.
We are editorially independent, not funded, supported or influenced by investors or agencies. We try to keep our content easily readable in an undisturbed interface, not swamped by advertisements and pop-ups. Our mission is to provide a platform you can call your own creative outlet and everyone from renowned authors and critics to budding bloggers, artists, teen writers and kids love to build their own space here and share with the world.
When readers like you contribute, big or small, it goes directly into funding our initiative. Your support helps us to keep striving towards making our content better. And yes, we need to build on this year after year. Support LnC-Silhouette with a little amount - and it only takes a minute. Thank you
Got a poem, story, musing or painting you would like to share with the world? Send your creative writings and expressions to editor@learningandcreativity.com
Learning and Creativity publishes articles, stories, poems, reviews, and other literary works, artworks, photographs and other publishable material contributed by writers, artists and photographers as a friendly gesture. The opinions shared by the writers, artists and photographers are their personal opinion and does not reflect the opinion of Learning and Creativity- emagazine. Images used in the posts (not including those from Learning and Creativity's own photo archives) have been procured from the contributors themselves, public forums, social networking sites, publicity releases, free photo sites such as Pixabay, Pexels, Morguefile, etc and Wikimedia Creative Commons. Please inform us if any of the images used here are copyrighted, we will pull those images down.
Today’s Motivation
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -Thomas Merton