“ONE WRONG DECISION CAN RUIN YOUR OLD AGE"- A POEM BY SGT PRAVEEN KUMAR TUTEJA AIR VET

I am sitting on a chair,

laid in the centre of my lawn. //

Holding with my right hand,

a  glass which is full of Bear. //

Looking  with a proud smile

at my all growing Dears. //

Lost in my own thoughts,

Am  waiting  for the fading of dawn. //

I take the sip of Beer, maybe one or two,

and  am lost in the dreams of Blue. //

Looking at the half empty glass of Beer.

Start thinking, how I gave a part of my life,

to all my dears? // 

With a proud smile, I again dream,

Will  my  dears  be real assets of the cream ?

Afraid of today’s race of time,

Would I be left far behind ? //

Dream breaks with the lot of fears,

As I am looking at an empty glass,

which was full of Beer,

While my eyes,  all wet with full of tears. //

Today, when I am in the prime of my old age,

When I cannot walk and sleep,

I start thinking a little deep.

Hearing the shouts of my children,

I pretend to laugh but my heart weeps.//

I call my children to sit near me to share my view,

I ask them the time has come

when you owe me my due.//

 A sharp answer comes very fast,

 Do you  really live in the very past ?

 What is the great you have done,

 And what is that so great you do ? //

Some say it is a generation gap,

I am puzzled with some other thoughts.

Is that a reality or I am just lost ?

I look at the mirror to find my left cheek red,

I wonder, Is this the effect of cold,

Or just a mark of slap ? //

Maybe one day , I will find a way,

How to come out of this trap ? //

Then my ears heard a voice,

that came from my inner soul,

“The Power of Acceptance”,

The God gifted you, use it for a while,

Live the life without a sigh,

Raise your dignity a level high,

I promise that I will depart you

With a bolder smile. //

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