Elegy To a Family House
Why should I remain a family house
If I am dilapidated, shattered and tattered
In this summer of old age.
Why should I remain a family house
If the house garden bears a barren look
Tearing away its leaves and flowers.
Why should I remain a family house
If the birds do not build their nests
Migrating to some other places.
Why should I remain a family house
If I don’t have to wait for birds’ return
In the lonely colorless evenings.
Why should I remain a family house
If the inhabitants are in the outhouses
Dangling like a jaundiced curtains.
Why should I remain a family house
If I am not cheered by the chirping
And joyful songs of my little birds
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Date 17-1-14
Dr. Ram Mehta
Form: Elegiac Form
Third Place Win
Contest: Loneliness by Frank H.
This is an autobiographical poem. I wrote this poem in the year
2000 when the last of my children left for Canada and USA.
Copyright © Dr.Ram Mehta | Year Posted 2014
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