COMPLAINT OF A DAUGHTER
(Addressed to Divine parents)
Dr. (Km.) Manjul Rani Tripathi
My life is confined
To this dark room and small;
Even a feeble ray of light,
Peeping inside, tells me
There’s a path beyond the walls
I had ever nursed the trust
That I had a right to your affection;
That the faintest sobs would force the Mother
To open the door to admit me without flutter.
But meseems that you treat me as
An illegitimate child of yours.
How proud I felt, Mother, you
Would visit me in “your need of me”!
But the Ego is broken;
The trust betrayed.
I am floating on the sea of life,
Rudderless, the dreams unrealised.
You, Father and Mother, dumb and deaf,
The signal will go down to the progeny
That you are apathetic, insensitive
To your helpless faithful daughters
Then how will you survive?
Who will you existence justify?