Children Today

I watch the old man eating in a cozy corner In the restaurant with his trembling hands With no one around to help him to eat or pour Him a glass of water, no relatives and friends I guess his wife is gone and he has no kids To help him or take his care in the old age I gather courage and ask him about his life He looks at me with dimming eyes unfazed He tells me about his hard life and struggles To educate his children he fought many wars Like hunger, bad health and misery but leaving Parents alone they are gone to earn dollars He lost his wife to cancer and children did Not have time to come and take their care All are married and settled in foreign lands He is alone waiting helplessly his last hour