Old Age Home

Old parents are thrown away be the children and they have started living in an old age home

They aren’t defeated by time’s cruel thrash,

But by their children,

Who have thrown them out,

Like trash.

 

Old age home is the place,

The aged parents shall stay,

Until Azrael visits them,

Stealing away their lives.

         

It’s a place they call home scarcely,

They’ve got,

What they don’t deserve the least,

The children like Goneril and Regan behaved heartlessly.

 

As life was enjoyed by the Greco Kings,

So do the children now,

The aged souls shed tears,

None to them happiness brings.

 

The parents that have reared them up,

Have turned into outcasts,

In their eyes,

Oh God! When will the offspring literally grow up?

Author's Note

In the 7th line, Azrael is the angel of death in Islam.

Reviews

[Alfred Kukitz]

My sister and I have housed our mother in a facility. I don't feel one ounce of guilt. We gave her several chances to have her own life but each time she failed miserably. I came from a dysfunctional home which means roof over head, food and coldness from both parents.

[Alfred Kukitz]

My sister and I have housed our mother in a facility. I don't feel one ounce of guilt. We gave her several chances to have her own life but each time she failed miserably. I came from a dysfunctional home which means roof over head, food and coldness from both parents.

[R Smith]

this is a problem very much where I came from, the old thrown into homes out of the way, where I live now the people keep their elderly with them sharing their homes and lives, a very strong indictment of some cultures, good writing.

[Md. Ziaul Haque]

Thank you so much for your review. I appreciate that.