You nurture an ambition <br />Of becoming great; <br />You cherish the hope of <br />Helping the poor; <br />You decide to bring up your children <br />In the best of traditions; <br />And you plan for a life <br />Full of events… <br />Alas! Then comes a gale <br />That rocks and uproots <br />The tree of aspirations <br />To fall flat <br />On the bosom of Time.<br /><br />K. V. Venkataramana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-crushing-blow/
