Can'T Do It Poem by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

I can’t do it any more
As it has not stayed in memory store
Even though it tried to surface
But I had to conceal it behind face

How painful are those past events?
They deserved careful attention with comments
But alas! It was to be buried deep inside
As life has changed its goal very wide

“Deep wounds can be healed with time passage”
It may do something good for feelings to assuage
Yet some hard facts are never forgotten
Even if life is lived long or shortened

As a small child I was taken to near the bed
Parents were laid on the ground as if completely dead
They were not breathing and no movement was either
This created deep impact in mind with fear

I was told to move hand over their head
See them at once and try to read
I was told to prepare for procession to lead
Hymns were sung loudly to complete the deed

I sobbed loudly to witness final farewell
How was I going to say alone for something to tell?
Who would listen to me and take care?
I looked at the sky but couldn’t dare

I was coming of the age
Yet everything was e to manage
Life was going to be blank and plane page
I was required to inscribe on it as sage

Well t was destined hour o take the decision
Everything for now onward was to be with precision
Nothing was to be revealed to the relatives or friends
I had to start it with fir hand till reaching the end