Simple, coy, and humble yet experienced in wordly matters, <br />He is a man of strong character though his conjugal life is a fiasco, <br />He is a loving father and a faithful husband <br />But his fidelity is taken as his infirmity. <br />He has a good pair of ears, <br />I often inflict pain upon him by reciting my poems, <br />He listens to them patiently and reacts on them boldly. <br />He helps people by lending them money <br />And then hides himself from them. <br />Whether it is his friends or relatives <br />He is always ready to bear the brunt of their indifference towards him. <br />There are still many years ahead of him <br />Yet he wears an elderly look to gain our sympathy. <br />He is a teacher by profession and teaches his students with same innocence <br />As he shows us while narrating the ordeals of his conjugal life. <br />The students take delight in him, <br />For them he is the best teacher who never insists on them for the payment of tuition fees. <br />For me he is the best friend who is always ready <br />To face the retribution of my ill-nature.<br /><br />Mohammad Akmal Nazir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-elderly-friend-zahid-saeed/
