To and fro

As kids we learned to cross our hearts

In order to prove a truth, as elders we learnt to raise our voice in order to make a truth.

As kids we learnt to cross our fingers everytime we lie , as elders we learnt to poker face commiting perjury.

As kids we spoke n thought less, cuz milk and candies satiated our needs, as elders our mind races and tongue blabs or fumbles , cuz the horizon is so unseen.

As kids our mothers would mean the world and rest were close kins, as elders we make friends and foes entering the chaotic élan. 

Looking back may seem easier 

But to head forward is what we do

Mousy and yellow

With mistakes at each veer

Fumbling and stumbling 

Trying the balance 

Backsliding to maintain

Turning the wheel 

Towards the unknown

Into a hazy sea .