What I earned in life...
What I earned in life
So many years have whizzed past me-
And since long, the door bell gone silent!
Loneliness that tires me more than work,
Nothing to do, recollecting time spent.
Those happy faces, those youthful times,
Not a moment of fretting and whining.
When we never saw the dark grey clouds-
Amongst the bounty of silver lining.
Times that we learned more outside,
The four walls, than in the confined class,
Still those dreary boring rooms seem lovely.
Each time that we recollect days past.
The random thoughts that come to my mind,
The joy and happiness of my youthful days -
Alleviates the pain of stinging solitude
Which I have earned in many ways.
I left my parents for the land of bounty
Alone they waited - i took the path oft tread.
In their predicament I find myself now..
For alone, I lie awake on my death bed.
P.s. If you find the flow of the poem random – from happy to sad, then that is what I intended J. What is attempted is to capture the way the old man regresses to his childhood in the face of his current sad state.
So many years have whizzed past me-
And since long, the door bell gone silent!
Loneliness that tires me more than work,
Nothing to do, recollecting time spent.
Those happy faces, those youthful times,
Not a moment of fretting and whining.
When we never saw the dark grey clouds-
Amongst the bounty of silver lining.
Times that we learned more outside,
The four walls, than in the confined class,
Still those dreary boring rooms seem lovely.
Each time that we recollect days past.
The random thoughts that come to my mind,
The joy and happiness of my youthful days -
Alleviates the pain of stinging solitude
Which I have earned in many ways.
I left my parents for the land of bounty
Alone they waited - i took the path oft tread.
In their predicament I find myself now..
For alone, I lie awake on my death bed.
P.s. If you find the flow of the poem random – from happy to sad, then that is what I intended J. What is attempted is to capture the way the old man regresses to his childhood in the face of his current sad state.
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