A curse to the mother

One invalid begs and the other scavenges.
One dies in an arson, hailing his leader’s
name
And the other dies as a suicide bomber.
One commits suicide and one is a prostitute.
How happy and with what dreams their mothers
Would have been when they gave birth to these children?
Where are they now? If they live it is a curse.
05.01.2009

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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