The Mundane

He came to his mother half running, half panting Clutching tightly the ‘envelope’ of his dreams For what he was taught, from the very beginning The ‘grade sheet’ defined success or so it seems Amongst the grades, his parents found the ‘world’ Grades defined your life – social and otherwise These were markers that labeled – straight and curled Curled for the ‘average’ one, straight was the ‘wise’ His little mind battled hard, perplexed to know, Why would a Grade A be liked and a Grade Z ignored An ‘average’ at math, could be a star at ‘Javelin throw’ Each of us has a talent, unknown and yet to be explored. The common, average, usual and mundane let not define my life And these were the thoughts that went through his mind as a child !!