Creative writing competition topic : A letter to your motherland
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My Dear Motherland,
Today I have mixed feelings, I am feeling good that I am trying to have word with you but same time it’s killing me inside thinking why it took so long.
I could have spoken with you at any time, but I ignored it. I kept myself busy in school, tuitions, video games, burgers, and whatnot. I easily find time to watch a Disney movie, the same way I could have found time to talk to you. I am sorry. I know you have heart of gold, you will forgive your child and write me back.
I will not crib about others today, who did what and who hasn’t. I want to tell you what I am going to do for you. In fact, I am too little to do anything for you, you are almighty, what I can do for you. Still, there are little things I can do to respect you and to value your gifts.
You gifted us food, shelter, freedom, and identity. But as we are not paying for it or fought for it, we have ignored you, we have taken you for granted. But I am going to correct my mistakes now.
From today I will not litter on roads, I will not use plastic. People and in some sense, I am responsible for all filth we throw at you. You gifted us lush green lands, food, and meadows with rainbows on top but we littered it with filth. We poisoned our food for profits, now onwards I will only eat organic food. We bored holes in your chest to squeeze out water and we wasted it in swimming pools. We scratched you to mine gold and diamonds to satisfy our egos. You gave us open fields to play but we locked ourselves in front of a console. There is natural beauty everywhere but our eyes stuck on phone screens.
You nourished us from birth and we dream to settle on a foreign land one day. We blame others for not doing their things. We keep pointing fingers at others, but we ourselves repeat same mistakes. Your great sons and daughters martyred for your freedom and we keep fighting for petty things.
Maybe we are like this because you are a mother, you loved us like own child. We took your love for granted. You gave us everything free of cost and we wasted it. You are powerful like almighty God, you can get it all straight in no time. You have all weapons and tricks to get it done, but you have a heart of a mother, you will never harm your children.
It is up to us to understand, it is the time to wake up. We have already made a blunder, nevertheless, it is never too late to start. I promise you today, I will love you like my mother and I will prove it you that I am your good son/daughter.
Oh, mother; I love you from bottom of my heart. Please forgive me, please forgive us all for being so naive and ignorant. I will do all that in my capacity to make it all good.
Hugs and Kisses,
Your Son / Daughter
@skb
15 – A
Green Avenue
Urban Community
City
July 20, 2018
Dear Motherland:
I hope this letter finds you progressing and developing. I am writing this letter to thank you from the core of my heart for everything! You have given me the gift of life. I have grown playing in your lap. I walk on your surface; I eat the food from your crops; I eat the fruits grown in your orchards. Thanks for the sunlight; the rivers, the oceans; snow-capped mountains. You have been a great motherland. You gave me more than my needs. You gave me a paradise. I am so lucky to have a great motherland like you.
I promise you I will endeavor to bring honor and glory with my sincere efforts. I will remember my responsibilities towards you. As you reared me into young man, I will also look after you when I grow up. I will not do anything that might tarnish your image. I will never forget that you bore sufferings in the shackles of intruders. I will remember you give your everything in nurturing millions of your sons and daughters. Thanks my dear motherland. I love you. May you always prosper and be safe!
Your loving son,
An Indian