Irony of Life..

Outside the gate in that tattered living.. lay Baba’s slip-ons.. I looked around in anticipation to run up to him to ask if today I deserved a toy.. thinking I had been good all day and even helped Aai in doing her daily chores.. But I entered the room only to find an empty hand and sorrowful eyes.. and I silently crawled away from his sight realising that today again was just another day... Guess the hard labour that he put in was never awarded with anything more than pennies that he earned!