Accustomed to the pain

The innumerable funerals
Witnessed give me hope that after my death
My children will do likewise for me too.
Throwing away people and things valued
By their parents, on their deaths, gives me pain
That mine too will meet the same fate post death.
13.05.2012

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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