The little girl just did as she was told,
But now her life was fading away and her hands were cold.
Her mother watched from above as the little one lay paralyzed
Even as the poison seeped through her veins undisguised.
A life ebbing away too soon,
A father too deep in pain to see her as a precious boon,
Alcohol blinded his vision through day and night
Until he could no longer tell wrong from right.
He fed the hungry mouth the deathly concoction,
Even as she looked at him with love and devotion,
Somewhere they would meet again he decided,
No reason or logic could explain how he was so misguided.
In hordes they came after the tragedy,
Wailing in despair as she lay delirous,
Where were they when the chips where down?
Where were they when they knew he had a breakdown?
Her father lost to the world,
Her mother, her guardian angel watching from above,
She lay in limbo between life and death
A pure, innocent soul battled for every breath.
A small girl was brought to the casualty in critical state. Her mother had passed away about 10 months ago. The father had given a poisonous pesticide to the child and had succumbed to the same.
Jayashree Rao
