To be treated with disdain, <br />Is this the bane <br />Of parents <br />Of this generation? <br /> <br />Please don’t have <br />Any expectations <br />Of me, <br />As I have a family <br />Of my own, <br />Is the constant refrain. <br /> <br />The silent cry, <br />Pain and disgust <br />Over such callousness, <br />Too overwhelming to discuss. <br /> <br />Overcome with regret, <br />Over a life time spent <br />On putting them first, <br />Is this just? <br /> <br />Don’t cry <br />Over those who could not <br />Care less, <br />Shrug it off <br />As a Karmic debt. <br />Judge not, <br />Just get on with <br />Your own life. <br />Nothing escapes God’s eyes. <br /> <br /> <br />Written after reading the plight of senior citizens, left alone in their twilight years<br /><br />Mamta Agarwal<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/karmic-debt/
