I hope you don’t mind…

a poem by Madhura Dabholkar

Today again you come home late
as usual you are drunk…
you don’t care about the kids so small
in the bed you are sunk.

The vessels are empty
there is no food in it
the kids slept empty stomach
in hope at the doorsteps I sit.

There is not a single penny
to pay their tutors fee
their future seems dark
with no love and no peace.

Our home looks shabby
with no loving touch
happiness has faded
you are not so worried much.

Their is no job for you
neither you want to work
our life is deteriorating
I just sit and sulk.

With no option left
I decide to put an end,
to our kids and my life
poison we had to intake
I hope you don’t mind.