Too Little Hope Poem by lalitha iyer

Too little hope
of seeing you
I have no tickets
and my purse empty
when I reached the shore
your ship has sailed
the crowd did not clear
for me to see you near
I wish I could
see you just
to say my last words
words of a mother
in love
I want to tell you
that the world is dangerous
that be beware of dirty men
and always be honest before God
and give you a hug
and all my dearest wishes
just once,
to see you
to touch your head
with my ageing limbs
trace your outline
and remember the way you were born
a child, a boy, a youth and now
you a man facing the world
which failed me in Understanding
and in awe and despair
I am waning