The Lost Wish! ! Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

A little child, her daughter's age,
came to her mind in her last bed,
she was very frightened and shivered,
for she asked her niece to look,
after her own children,
while she slept,
when she was young,
some sixty years ago,

she was too regretful,
as her deeds are counted,
and colored in gold and black,
she wanted to seek forgiveness,
from the old lady who stood beside her,
wiping the tears, calling her aunt,

she wanted to reach her hand,
she couldn't,
she wanted to open the mouth
to utter the words of sorry,
she couldn't,
she wanted to hold the breathe,
to say sorry,
but she couldn't..