Life Sentence

Life Sentence
Originally uploaded by firozeshakirphotographerno1

caught by my camera lens
an old lady very fervent
shabilly dressed like a servant
..wrinkled fence
running across her face
a fleeting moment
that was inauspiciously tense
her life in a nutshell
condense ..
responsibilities of living
a few more years immense
domesticated like a pet animal
no time to take offense
perhaps her son
a mansion on carter road
a Innova or a Mercedes benz
money the powerful sixth sense
tattered old age
a slavery, a bonded labour
helpless in pleading its defense
death an eye opener ..
walking a tight rope of
human depravity ..
from a cradle to the coffin..
breathing life a jail sentence
after life
a new chapter
new suspense…

poem no 878