Who Will Go First Poem by Asit Kumar Sanyal

I don't know
Who will leave this world first …
You or I?
If you go
I can't stop you.
I will be alone in the world
And
I have to stay here
With fears and tears
Up to the last moment
Of the life
Allotted to me.


If I go
You will weep for a year
And
Come back to the normal routine
An old lady can survive
Without her man
But … an old man can't.
Shortly, the old man becomes
The old dog of the family
So, I prefer to go first
I will wait there at main gate
Till you come.