Elegy To a Family House-Win
Why should you remain a family house
If you are dilapidated, shattered and tattered
In this summer of old age.
Why should you remain a family house
If the house garden bears a barren look
Tearing away its leaves and flowers.
Why should you remain a family house
If the birds do not build their nests
Migrating instead to some other places.
Why should you remain a family house
If you don’t have to wait for birds’ return
In the lonely colorless evenings.
Why should you remain a family house,
If the inhabitants are in the outhouses
Dangling like a jaundiced curtains.
Why should you remain a family house.
If you are not cheered by the chirping
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Dr. Ram Mehta Contest: Beloved Poems by Giorgio Veneto
This is my autobiographical poem.
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