Agony of the old

Had I died as a lad, my parents would have wept.
Had I died as a man, my children and wife would have wept.
Had I died ere my wife, my wife would have wept.
A widower, an invalid, a cumbersome,
When I die who will have wept?
28.11.2002

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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