JOURNEY THRU ERAS
SON FATHER GRANDFATHER
Poem by Bharat P. Bedi
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Born 65 years ago,
I am a son of parents,
living in a big joint family,
paternal maternal grandparents
uncles aunts cousins,
extended family of friends
and whole neighborhood,
times were such, we
were short of resources,
but no dearth of fun,
no peer pressure on studies,
education was just a chore,
days zipped by full of
mischief play joy & frolic,
we were never short of
love care and affection,
mixed community living,
had abundance of
support guidance attention,
imbibing in me good values
of caring and sharing,
noble virtues of adjustment
bond of familial togetherness;
39 years ago,
I became a father,
we became parents,
family consisted of
my parents my siblings,
close relatives, friends
and immediate neighbors,
family reduced in size,
community living shrunk,
fraternity was giving way,
time had changed,
to supplement income,
to raise standard of life,
working parents were
accepted norm,
time which we could not
devote to our loving child,
we tried to compensate by
providing the best of things,
facilities money could buy,
to progress to grow,
to have a standing in life,
to set a fine example of
a successful noble man,
instilling in him the values to
respect the blessings of elders,
to be family’s torch bearer
of age-old tradition of
high morality noble virtues;
Now we are doting,
proud Grandparents,
in this trending time,
extended family is passe,
nuclear family is in,
for our grandchild, we
wish the best of everything,
what values virtues,
we had tried to inculcate,
imbibe in our son,
we hope they will add value,
they will do much more,
to raise our grandchild,
to be a fine example of,
ethically morally strong
robust hardworking
humane gentleman,
epitome of virtuous living,
like what we had tried,
what my parents had tried,
what any parent tries,
what even our Creator,
Almighty God wants his
Progeny should be.
©Poem by Bharat P. Bedi.
Dt. 22/04/2025
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