I’ve got my call

a poem by Venkatesan P

I’ve got my call, bid me adieu my children
I depart with love to you all
Though I know, none of you
Ever loved me at all nor thankful
To what all I did as a father unto you.

The one being who really loved me
My wife, your mother died all too soon
And I had to lead my lonely life
Old though I had to fend for myself
With none to call my own or care for me

But I bear no malice towards any of you
Neither rancor nor regrets for your utter callousness
I still love you all with all my heart
Perhaps it is destiny that ordained thus
To atone for my past sins, nemesis or call what you will!