The old man mumbles in a dying voice
had my sons been alive.
A tear wells in the daughter's eyes.
She pours a spoon of water in his mouth
and wipes his lips and her eyes.
Having lit the pyre of his three sons
he was willing to barter his daughter's life
if that made God grant him another son
and here is the daughter by his bedside
feeding, cleaning and even shaving him
her only prayer to God being to save his life
bartering her entire means.
Outside the thunder cracks the sky
and she spreads a tarpaulin over the bed.
my son laments the father.
Inside her is no cover for rain.
Mar 17, 2017
Mar 17, 2017 at 11:07 AM UTC
The old man mumbles in a dying voice
had my sons been alive.
A tear wells in the daughter's eyes.
She pours a spoon of water in his mouth
and wipes his lips and her eyes.
Having lit the pyre of his three sons
he was willing to barter his daughter's life
if that made God grant him another son
and here is the daughter by his bedside
feeding, cleaning and even shaving him
her only prayer to God being to save his life
bartering her entire means.
Outside the thunder cracks the sky
and she spreads a tarpaulin over the bed.
my son laments the father.
Inside her is no cover for rain.
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