Tuesday, July 7, 2015

HE CAME EMPTY HANDED


POEM

He came alone empty-handed
we were seeing him
the first time in our life.
Our hospitality seemed
touching and enthralling to him.
The innocence in his
eyes reminded a transparent
pond reflecting the transparent
clear blue sky up above.
It looked like he had
come to our home with
a determination to stay 
with us as if the home was his also.
It was a treat to us  to watch his movements.
We served him nutritious
food  in the days to come
to ensure his happiness and satisfaction.
With the leap-frogging of the
days, the aged ones breathed their last.
The occasional  deaths of  the aged persons
seized our happiness intermittently.
Like us weeping in remembrance of
our elders he too shared our sorrow
by shedding  tears down his cheeks
since he had already
become one among us.
He emerged  out in flying colours
in each examination
-until he completed higher studies.
He fell in love with a pretty lass
while he was doing higher studies
and with the blessings of elders
he tied the nuptial knot
and exchanged garlands and wedding rings
the ceremony ended on a happy note.
In their married life
his wife  delivered
two children, one a baby boy
and the other a  baby girl.
With almost all elders
bidding farewell and 
their souls flew out
to their heavenly abode 
solitude like a curse 
encroached the line
prohibiting not to cross the line
from entering the home
the silence of the graveyard overpowered
even the rare opportunities
they wished to celebrate.
Both he and she got aged
and she was the first to
bid farewell to all.
That was a severe shock to him
And even though the
children  wanted to make him happy
and cheerful
but to no avail.
Depression dragged him  graduall]y
and he too followed 
in to her foot steps 
and one day he also went

empty handed…….

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