Not Yet

The baby is not yet born.
The mother is waiting for labor pain.
The  baby is yet to crawl.
He is not yet ready to strain his limbs.
The child has not yet learnt to sit up.
The vertical struggle is a long drawn task.
The toddler is not yet walking fast.
The first fall will be a fun to watch
Or a lesson of life to learn from.
The child is not yet enrolled for a back pack.
His mother thinks that daycare and preschool
Are destinations for passing the buck,
Concealing parental failures,packed in bags.

The Youth are not yet ready 
To commit to the ground,
In terms of challenging careers 
And the conflicting conjugal core.
From Childhood to adulthood,
It is not yet a full fledged growth 
That stops wavering to choose the way 
And starts planning to ward off danger,
To serialize programmes on priority.
Laggard from the womb to the world,
Crazy from the crib to the compact coffin,
Before one could learn to walk straight,
Life's load turns into horizontal weight.
P. Chandrasekaran.