My Years-For You Poem by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

My years-for you
Sunday,25th April 2021

I will give my years
to be added to your life
the wife couldn't see me in pain
and remained a little disturbed

I turned 71 at that time
not in much strength left sometimes
more than me, she was with stress
as she was also not keeping good health

'dear, I want to go first'
if you leaving me at the outset
I shall be put to inconvenience
and lose honour and respect at once

'Not in our hand'
our life may end at any time
let us not worry
but carry out our duty

she left for heavenly abode
and rode on divine plane's wings
I thought for a while
and watched her go miles away

such was our bond and link
she will not allow me to think
and sink in the deep thoughts
so many times, I was caught doing so

Dr Hasmukh Mehta
D.Litt, Folt