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Life Talk!

A Cry... From An Old Heart...

Rockyy01

Rockyy01

Pakistan

My Heart cries whenever I visit ‘Old Age Homes…’
My Heart cries when they tell me how that all happened…
My Heart cries when I try to make them smile…
&... I wrote a poem for such people…

With A ‘Message…’



‘What to do now…

& Who to blame…?

How to play while…
Life isn’t a game…



An act that I can’t play…

A name that I can’t take…

My eyes had a Shine…
But now there’s a tear’s lake…

 

The day when I became a Father…

I aimed to love my Child…



But which mistake I made in my past…

That My Own Blood became so wild…?



Many Rainfalls my heart has had…
60 winters my eyes have seen…

But the way this Summer makes me feel…
NEVER SO COLDAS IT’S BEEN



My eyes have now been Shineless…
& My smiles have also gone…

I gave you my life… My Son…
But you made me all alone…




I see you’re busy with your family…

& you love your son as I did…

When I came home from my work…
I always loved when you hid…

I pretended to be blind…
untill you came behind me…



But now you’ve grown up…
Now in your home… you mind me…



I never wanted to depend on you…

But my life made me unable…

What I always wanted for you…
Is just… to see you Stable…

You’ll realize it when I’ll be dead My Son…
Then you’ll come & give me your Shoulder…




Cuz one day you’ll be like ‘I AM…’

& ONE DAYYOU’LL BE AS OLDER…’





I want to request all of those…

Whose Parents are alive…
whether in Old Age Homes…
Or at your home…
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM

AS THEY TOOK CARE OF YOU
WHEN YOU WERE NOTHING
BUT USELESS TO DO ANYTHING ON YOUR OWN

THEY TAUGHT US EVERYTHING WE KNOW
THEY GREW US UP
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO US

& NOW IT’S THEIR TIME TO RELAX
& OURS TO TAKE CARE OF THEM

THEY PLAYED THEIR ROLES WELL
NOW IT’S OUR TURN
TO MAKE THEM HAPPY
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM

& I want to request all of those (who unfortunately have lost their parents…)
To fetch some time for visiting Old Age Homes…
& To talk to these ‘DYING DIAMONDS…’
No matter atleast 2 hours on just weekend…
but these 2 hours would be really precious for them…
WHO SPEND EVERY SECOND OF THEIR LIVES WITH TEARS

I’d be glad if I made ATLEAST ONE to do so through my forum…

Thank You…

09:14 PM Jul 14 2011 |

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Julie3

Julie3

Russian Federation

Really touching and good topic, dear Rockyy. You have a golden heart and I admire such people like you as I am not fully of this kind to my great shame. But what I want to say is that I have never understood people bringing their kids to Orphan homes and their old parents to Old age homes. I know the circumstances can be really unexpected and hard but to leave your own blood somewhere and have no wish to take care, look after, help, just come and talk at least…it’s terrible and unsocial.


But from the other hand, after watched so many TV programs and listened to so many true stories, I ask the question: may be these parents made some mistakes while upbringning so that their own kids throw them out of their homes and don’t want to make their old ages comfortable and enjoyable? Or what’s wrong with those people who act this way? Social influence? Lack of education? Absence of consience and morality? Tough circumstances and outer reasons?

01:54 AM Jul 15 2011 |

Rockyy01

Rockyy01

Pakistan

Thanx again my dear Julie3 to appreciate me again…
& don’t say that you’re not that kind being ashamed…
You’re still greater than me…
& greater than many people cuz you atleast condemn that…

Well as far as your question is concerned…
I noticed that more than 90% of these cases happening after the kids get married…
& there’s not only one reason behind leaving Parents in Old Age Homes…
There are too many reasons according to me…
like lack of preforming resonsibilities equally…
being unable to keep balance in relations…
considering your parents disturbing your family life…
loving your life partner more than your parents…
lack of morality… yes…
& when these all get joined…
They make you raise such step away from Humanity…

Well…
I don’t blame these Parents to make a mistake while bringing their kids up…
Cuz Parents are the first & most sincere teachers for us…

& if a sincere teacher teaches me a subject…
& prepares me well for exams…
& if appearing in exams I couldn’t make it well…
& couldn’t give proper answers or coudn’t get the questions…
& I get failed…
Then it’s Surely my mistake…
Cuz my teacher tried his best but I couldn’t do it well…

We should realize & respect that every Parents really sacrifice much or less for their kids…
So even if they made a mistake…
then the kids sould ignore their mistakes for the sake of the Sacrifices that their Parents have done for them…

Kids should never be so selfish… to think just for their own…
They can’t even imagine the pain & sacrifices their Mothers bore while giving them birth & to bringing them up…
They can’t even imagine the sacrifice & hard work of their Fathers while they tried to bring their kids up well while killing their own wills…

SO ACCORDING TO ME
EVEN IF PARENTS MADE A MISTAKE

THEN STILL LEAVING THEM OUT OF THE DOOR IS NOT A WAY TO REACT

04:55 PM Jul 16 2011 |

Rockyy01

Rockyy01

Pakistan

My Dear Ryo…
Glad to see you here…

You said…
‘but  the picure u post  they seems stile  young  they  can help there  selfe  


are   udually  who  inside are still able to take care of themselves…’

While I posted photos…
I didn’t mean about these who you see in these photos…
but I meant those who ‘I SEE…’ in Old Age Homes…

I am sorry if i’m showing a wrong example… but…

Suppose…
What would you think If you’re left by your kids in Old Age Home…
& they don’t even visit you once in a year…
yeah… ‘NOT EVEN ONCE IN A YEAR…’

I have met some Old Age People…
THEY ARE DYING TO SEE THEIR GRANDKIDS
BUT THEIR OWN KIDS DON’T ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM

DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT THEY BROUGHT THEIR KIDS UP TO SHOW THEM SUCH CRUELITY IN THE LAST DAYS OF THEIR LIVES?

WHEN THEY GOT BIRTH
THEIR PARENTS DIDN’T CONSIDER THEM A BURDEN
SO HOW CAN THEY CONSIDER THEIR PARENTS A BURDEN…?

THEIR PARENTS COULD LEAVE THEM IN ORPHANAGE
BUT THEY DIDN’T…
SO WHY SHOULD THEY DO THAT WITH THEIR PARENTS?

IS IT ACCEPTABLE OR NORMAL ACCORDING TO YOU…?

05:09 PM Jul 16 2011 |

Julie3

Julie3

Russian Federation

Really wise, dear Rockyy, I admire you as a human being. To my regret there are only few like you. As to me I would define my position as “passive kindness” and it’s a shame I don’t have enough courage to turn it into “active”. When I was 15 I worked for the Red Cross in my place and my responsibility was to visit old people and help them in every-day life. I didn’t earn much money but I got a good experience and saw many sad things that made me think and reflect but I was young and my life was full of other things. So I didn’t continue that path.


Anyway, the comparison with a teacher is a good one but not all the teachers are sincere or wise or kind or scarifying etc…some of them work just for earning money without any good higher reason (metaphoric comparison as well).


But I like the phrase of yours “if appearing in exams I couldn’t make it well…& couldn’t give proper answers or coudn’t get the questions…& I get failed…Then it’s Surely my mistake…”  as every person has his\her own free will and bear responsibility for his\her acts.


From the other hand there could be a “boomerang effect”, who knows what those parents did in their lives…yes, now they are old and need love, care and help but wouldn’t it have been their “cost” or…as I always say: before doing smth or treat someone in this or that way – think and imagine yourself in other person’s shoes. Related to this topic – do you want your kids to do the same with you? May be if they tried to imagine they wouldn’t have left their parents, even due to their life partners (who are supposed to have their own mom and dad too).


To finish my rather long comment (sorry for this, I tried my best to cut it shorter) I would say that have never understood the people leaving their parents, kids or even pets out of the door.

07:11 AM Jul 17 2011 |

Rockyy01

Rockyy01

Pakistan

My Dear Julie3…
Thanx again… :)
Your way of thinking is also great my dear…
& It wasn’t LONG COMMENT
cuz it was logical… :)

& yes… they who leave their people or pets out of door are really not understandable…

Being a Human… They should feel Humanity…
I wish they would feel… before it’s too late…

02:54 PM Jul 17 2011 |