Sad Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

Sad



I think I am right, she thinks she is right.
She is impatient, I think;
She thinks, I am impatient;
Both think that the other should change.

Both might be right about the other,
And wrong about oneself!
Both have to understand it happens
Only when both sides err.

Strong words, suppressed feelings
Anger arise at slightest of comments
On reactions in person or on local phone
Response shouted beforehand.

I try hard to listen, and not offer, man-like, solutions,
As the book advises! Nevertheless I am blamed
For not reacting, for not saying anything,
For not taking part, and then for reacting etc!

The woman builds her whole life
On the official scaffolding you offered
For decades, and when you retire,
She is only unhappy with you.

Concern is there, but is not emotionally
Satisfying either, makes both dry and angry
Turn inward, suppress till the limits
And then to routine explosions, fighting.

When away from home, everything is fine
On long-distance phone-calls, statistically
Provocations are much less; waters are still
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

As one grows old, poles of support are necessary
But when you have no friends to lean on,
Books and ideas are pale substitutes sometimes;
Home is preferred to anything else.

You sometimes reflect how nice it would be
As in the past when she was dependent, tender
Expressing affection by look, word and act,
Behaving always so as to suit or please you.

But Time never travels backwards
She will not be what she was,
More I dream unrealistically,
The more I would be disappointed.

Now she does not need me,
Does not give me the feeling
Of relying on me under any circumstances,
Grown up, sees herself completely independent.

Your stream now is a trickle; once
She was a small tributary,
Joining your mighty river;
Today she builds dams and bridges,
Allots water rights to farmers
On the banks, and distributes
Fishing rights; while you look
At the parching Sun, and evaporate
The whole day long and grow cold
During the nights, alone.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dipika P 25 May 2008

hey i really liked it...gud luck..dipika :)

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