I once met a mother,
with tears in her eyes.
I asked to share her pain,
but she couldn't even describe.
I tried to console her,
I asked to share her sorrow.
She said that all her children,
may not live tomorrow.
I wondered why she said so..
She said they had no food,
No land and no money,
No means of livelihood.
I asked whether her children,
were all facing the same.
She replied 'No' that some
had more than enough to sustain.
I asked that they being brothers,
"Why don't they help each other?"
She said that the tears in her eyes,
were for the same reason.
My heart broke out in tears,
I silently asked her name.
INDIA was the answer,
that I heard in shame.