CHANGING TIMES…SO TOO ARE OUR PERCEPTIONS….

 

We all live in an era where nothing will ever move sans computer, 
Charles Babbage did claim the paternal rights, we know for sure, 
Performance so exhilarating, two centuries since its kick starter , 
Dominating in every walk of life, astonishing our world for ever.

Radiates brilliance, it reverberates in every walk of life, we hear, 
We spent our lives so far, fine tuning our own built-in computer*, 
Lack of dexterity and fading reflexes, we, the oldies’ cup of fear, 
Ruminating our lost days, sadly saddling our clouding memoirs. 

Glimpses of the childhood, flash momentarily upon my inward eye, 
My friend sharing the same, sea change in her newspaper column, 
Our early lessons were from our parents, May this tribe increase! 
Alphabets featuring animals, sending us shock waves in between. 

Now teaching methods, laugh at our ignorance, one too many, 
Computer generated images fill the classroom, to a kids delight. 
Same tigers and lions still alive, with vigor and are more canny,
 Instead roar and jump of the screen, making us to flee in fright. 

The alphabets, still are the same, we had fear then and even now, 
Yet our kids also had the same feel too, they had the same brain, 
Our grandchildren jump with joy and pump their fist, of late now, 
Our perceptions are changing , we all wish we were young again