Sentiments n words

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…
Grim faces
Under tons of bases
Perfectly painted eyes
Permanently pasted smiles

Roaring laughter
On jokes kids won’t laugh at…
Revealing pearly teeth
Underneath the vogue hat…

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…


He, equally furnished
Sits by her side…
Browses the menu card
Like a fashionable guide

Calls the waiter…
In a mellowed voice
Who hears them
Above all the noise...

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…

Says she, some salad,
Fish and chips with a coke
Followed by
Pina colada less I choke

Also,
The soup of the day
Shrimps
Fresh from the bay,
And yes,
Sir would take.
Your best,
Royal mushroom stake
Bring us
Some very fine,
Tasteful
Vintage wine

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…


As the food arrived
She already looked full
She in height of manners
Ate only a spoonful

He unlike her,
Ate his best
And then ordered,
“Pack the rest!”

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…


An enormous bill
He happily paid
She by his side
Exited the gate

A crippled boy,
On the coldest night
In his tattered dress
Shoeless, came in sight

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…


A withered soul,
At the age of nine
Matured by time
Begged for a dime

After having
A splendid feast
The boy to them
Was a horrible beast

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…


A penny for the boy,
Cannot be wasted
He thought with
A smile still pasted

“This rascal, he told her
Is a hungry beast
Here every day he eats
A giant’s feast!”

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…


This boy whose bones
Were visible
Thought begging business
Very Feasible!

He pushed aside the
Feasting beast
And drove away
in his Mercedes

I sat in a lonely corner
Like a detached foreigner

Observing…

Yesterday:
In her modest hut,grandma was lying on her wooden bed,surrounded by three generations of progeny,her partner for life and her seven children.she looked feeble and weak.her one daughter sat by her side took the hand which was no more than a stick in her hand and said:"dont worry mom,all would be fine"grandma smiled and said:"i know its about time.."her youngest daughter massaging her feet,at once said,with tears in her eyes:"oh mom please dont say that.."a feeble smile came across grand mas face as she took the warm soup from her daughter in laws hand,her son sitting by the bedside came forward and spoon fed his mother..after her meals grandma signalled everyone to go...though rather stubbornly grandpa kept on sitting by his wifes side,holding her hand as she eternally slept..grandma passed away..

Today:
Mom was sick..its been a week now but her headache never seen to heal,so today she decided she should after all take a leave from her office..she took her tea alone,pa worked in a different city and like ever he wasn't home.her daughter was happily married in norway to an engineer and her only son was acquiring his higher education at mc gill,canada.so she took some aspirin and lied down on her bed.she knew there was something terribly unusual,she tried to feel nostalgic,she tried to remember how her children grew up,how her husband loved her but she couldnt as they always had baby sitters,tutors and guardians for the kids and as for pa they thought after fulfilling plenty of their material dreams they'll have time for one another but their material craving never seem to end.
Pa cried a tear or two of same realization when he saw ma dead in her bed.both the kids were informed,but they had their reasons for not showing up for the funeral..life went on as it was!

Tomorrow:-
Tomorrow is in your hand! What do you want from this life? And remember this shall pass away soon.!!

Note:grandma and ma doesnt describe my grandmother and mother.both were great women of their time..who made our houses homely by putting in their love and devotion and went away..