We stopped caring ...

Remember when you were a kiddo

And everything seemed interesting

Whether the crawling of ants on the floor

Or your maid going around dusting

The jump of joy on hearing you dad come

The lump in the throat , before school

The wonder of staring through the car window

And make-believe games were so cool !

What happened when you grew up ?

Suddenly everything seems “okay”

You don’t feel sorry for the poor beggar

You don’t feel the ‘excitement’ everyday

All you care about is the same routine

And then you lie down and sleep

Curiosity has become a thing of the past

It’s all about being serious and looking deep

You go through the same motions everyday

Regardless of how people around are faring  

Some how it has become too costly to ‘feel’

Somewhere down the road .. we stopped caring

                                 …. We stopped caring