Crisis of culture <br />Proves a vulture <br />Presents a picture <br />Dismal in nature! <br /> <br />Born very high <br />Brought up nice <br />Educated well <br />Employed fine! <br /> <br />Earned handsome <br />Spent wholesome <br />Childrens' growth <br /> All his goal <br />Sacrificed his all <br />To make children tall <br />With hopes very high <br />To hear the heaven's call <br />And to heave a sigh <br />Of relief from needs <br />At the old age indeed! <br /> <br />Crossed sixties right <br />Lost teeth and sight <br />Hearing impaired <br />Limbs paralysed <br />Semi blindness induced <br />Gangrene produced! <br /> <br />Yearning for care <br />Longing for love <br />Looking for concern <br />Pining for protection! <br /> <br />Lo! left in lurch <br />By those he loved! <br /> <br />Crisis of culture <br />Proves a vulture <br />Presents a picture <br />Dismal in nature! <br /> <br />Year of the aged <br />International <br />Fear of old age <br />Gripping universal <br />Today's young <br />Tomorrows aged! <br /> <br />Why then the sin <br />Sin of seeing the aged <br />In old age home caged! <br /> <br />Young ones to ponder and learn to <br />Love the aged <br />Care for the aged <br />Respect the aged! <br /> <br />Old is the child of the young <br />Young is the child of the old! <br /> <br />Ungrateful men <br />Unwilling to keep <br />The sacred cow of age <br />After its milking stage <br />Leads to the butchers' arms <br />Flouting all the human norms!<br /><br />Subbaraman N V<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flouting-the-human-norms/
