It makes you sad and I know
You ask me everyday
When I return back home
Upon hearing my yes
You beg me not to go
And I wish it could be that simple
Staying at home with you
We would enjoy meals together
I won’t mind watching
Cartoons with you at all
And would love to see to
Play with utmost joy and
Doing crazy things
You may hit me with queries
Popping in your little mind
Some of which may annoy me
But all of this ain’t possible
As no matter how much
I love to be with you
I must step out every morning
To make myself part of a world
Where emotions are meaningless
Even smile on one’s face
Is not without a purpose
Hunt or get hunted
Is the motto of this world
And yes, this is cruel
But I have to face it
Every weekday
Just for you!
So that I can see
More smiles upon your face
See you play more joyfully
And to see you learn more
About the world we live in
Which is part cruel
And part kindhearted
Uzair, my 6-year old son, ask me the same question every weekday when I return back home from work: Will you go to office tomorrow?
As I reply in yes to him, he makes a crying face and begs me to take a leave. This is happening for quite sometime now and I smile every time he asks me this.
However, yesterday, he asked me an additional question: Why you go to office everyday?
I wasn’t expecting that question, so I chose my words carefully and just answered to him that I must go to office everyday so that certain needed things can happen.
Of course, we adults understand why going to workplace is necessary, despite we like it or not but explaining it to my 4-year old son will be like giving him an intro to advance physics.
So, I opted for explaining my answer by using simple words and thinking, which you have read above (you can read it again if you want to 🙂 )
Added for RDP Tuesday: STRAIN
Blog of Hammad Rais 