Mother Poem by Gangadharan nair Pulingat..

The aged mother was crossing the small wooden bridge
Across a stream with flood waters and currents
She was accompanied by the son who cares her
In her later age of life and in total helplessness
With or without knowledge of the son behind her
Came to touch in her body in a little pressure
Having lost the balance of her body she fall down
In the stream of flood water and having undercurrent
The son helplessly cried for help and told the story
In perfect emotion of sadness we all thought
But in such a stream of heavy flow of flood water
All were helpless and informed the fire force
The people living in the embankment of the river in down
Someone noticed a distant thing coming in heavy flow
Of the river which the stream was flowing the water
The courageous people took the risk to swim
They reached to near the object visible
It was the old lady rescued by a large coconut
which was caught hold by her in such an accident flow
People rescued the mother in good faith and happiness
She was so tired and a little water in her stomach
Doctor came and first aid given and called the son near her
He came with a guilty conscience visible in his face
The mother was kept in a old age home for some time
And when the police made inquiry of the incident
The mother's tender heart told the innocence of her son
It was an accident no doubt I understand
But I am not going to my home for sometime
For my own convenience in the following life
Keep me in an old age home where people like me reside
where their woes can be shared and mine to them
The world is now somewhat irresponsible
where the sons and daughters are reluctant to look after
Their own parents who loved them and cared them.