The intersection of youth and old age
It gripped him by the leg Time treated him harshly Without faith, life would have been unbearable for him Even now, he lingers on While disease strapped him to his chair Old age deteriorated his health completely. The once strong man is now beyond fragile Life is not as it seems The longness of a short life Marred by excruciating pain While some pray for death to sweep them away It stays far away from them You can't expect anything worse than disease in life Life is a golden tragedy sometimes The dimness of light The shinning darkness The bleakness of hope The frankness of lies Life is an ironical paradox The mother of his children suffers to sustain him She shoulders a large family all alone. Has been doing so for decades Fire dries her tears Good looks hides her trauma Women are resourceful Give them credit for it Early marriage is a cancer Especially when young women are married to old men It turns bliss into blanks, gain into loss, marriage into m