Unless you live in a place <br />Where your father and his, lived, <br />You will miss being seen as a tree. <br />Instead, <br />You will die as a twig or a branch. <br />Unless you have in a place <br />Three generations having lived, <br />You will fail losing a native place, <br />The place that preserves your identity. <br />Rampant migration that is in force <br />Will deprive the present generation <br />Of what their forefathers enjoyed. <br />07.12.2007<br /><br />Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/family-tree-missing/