Progress
Like the clouds, you drifted
away to distant land
In pursuit of your dreams.
You endeavoured to gain
A life of affluence,
Leaving parched hearts behind.
The glitter of strange land,
New places and faces
Captivate, mesmerize,
Lifestyles entice, provides,
Ostentation presides.
Success is misconstrued.
Engrossed deep in your strive
To ameliorate life
Success prioritized,
Bonding gets compromised.
Your visits become few
swapped by excuses new.
Feelings wane away as,
You endlessly explore
While far back at home,
Vacant eyes search for the
Happiness and warmness,
that money can’t purchase.
Your loving grandmother
turns stoic, keeps counting days,
Ears hung to phone bell, waits
eagerly for your news.
Living for all these years
Vicariously through you.
The doors await your steps,
festivities miss you,
along with the loved ones,
to bring back their lost smiles.
And make this house a home,
for souls hungry for warmth.
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