Father Poem by RAVIKIRAN ARAKKAL

Father from east had a child,
From a marrage his mother
Disowned and threatened
to commit suicide, if he does not
Marry her neice as per custom,
Remarried left his child and mother.
Years passed by, the memory
Of his tortured him, promised
Him a million, which the son
Denied, and lived with
His stepfather, which pained
The real father, who took
to the street and the places
Of worship to get rid of his actions
And died hearbroken
On the pavement of a temple.