HOLDING MY BREADTH
The world is always
a hand me down
To the next generation
It will never be new
But we can’t give them something broken
Air pollution
The world that gave birth to the children
Is poisoning them every second
They haven’t seen life
And their trust in the world
Is shattering
Unlike us adults
Children believe too soon
Trust too soon
And fall too soon too
We see the dark veil in the air
And the omen of death it holds
They don’t see it
They don’t know it
16 lakh children died in 2019
Due to air pollution
Death due to accidents
They add speed breakers
Death due to poisoning
Murderer in jail
Death due to pollution
16 lack children in 2019
They all stopped breathing
Is this the world the children will see
For it is no longer a hand me down
Its tartars of broken possibilities
For how will they live
When breathing kills
Nandhitha Babuji is a 18-year-old aspiring poet from Tamil Nadu, passionate about using her words to show solidarity against children’s issues.
