Great Expectations

She has crores worth stocks and bonds 

Diamond jewelry a list long

Plush homes, economically strong

But to no one belongs

Children have eons gone

Near and dear ones don't correspond 

No one to share the festivities 

Diyas are now no more lit

House wears a look forlorn

Waits eagerly for their phone calls

When it doesn't ring blames 

It to the different time zones

They are busy climbing career ladders

Lost touch with customs brought up

Diwali now means nothing at all

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, 

Has become the norm

To be accepted by neighbors next door

She's amazed how loyalties have changed

However much they try, cannot feign

Apparent in their attitude, turned vain

Living on a more developed continent

Rest of the world looks down with disdain

Own country, own home don't acknowledge 

She cannot unscramble a scrambled egg

She cannot bring back her children

She has just one life to live 

Decided will donate her assets 

To the Children's Cancer hospital

And see the look of surprise on their faces 

When they arrive at her funeral with great expectations!