Red Wet Shoes
Rain brings showers to cool the hot land
Splash, splatter, drip music fills the air
Little Yog jumps free in puddles anew
Wet mud soaking clothes and red shoes
The party ends soon, he has to be confined again
Rinse and clean hands, feet and face
Clothes go soaking in the warm tub
But everyone forgot the wet red shoes
School time, next morning
Red shoes are still wet and muddy
Mummy said, “No wet shoes to school”
Yog heart breaks
He collapses on the floor
No other shoes in the world are right for school
There is rain again today, streaming down Yogs face
The shoes crying on the steps dripping water
Best friends denied the right to be together
No other shoe has the right to school
Desperate Mummy, pulls out a Candy
Trade Candy for Shoes please
Yog sighs, wipes his face and reaches for the candy
Yog forgets shoe
Yog off to school
Shoes are happy too
They were loved enough to be fought for
They hold the power to get candy for Yog
Shilpa Roy Kota
I am an ex-Management Consultant and a successful entrepreneur having close to twenty years of corporate experience. I am currently focusing full time on being a homeschooling parent while researching on the future of education and alternate methods of education. I am also a Vedic Math Trainer, an Operations Manager at a business run by her children and a philanthropist working with tens of other under privileged children. I bring all my past and current experiences together in the form of writing blogs. Using these blogs I wish to create awareness in parents, caregivers and educators about parenting, education and holistic living.