Prosepoetics-6 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Mercy-killing
Is oriental too
Two decades back
It was just a news
From a friend..
When I read Of
Killing the bedridden
Oldies with oil bath
At cool dawn hours
And daylong intake of
Tender coconut water
Causing renal failure
To death even presently
......just horrendous

Is getting old
And infirm Sinful?
Then the Young
Relatives(culprits)
Alone should decide
How to remain young
Lest they too will be
Mercy-killed one day