Biography of a Beggar

The hot sun stroke the barren road...
Cars and buses...all 'flying' past the road...
People walking to and fro the street...
and there he sits...at the road end...
to get a penny or two begging...

Looking into his eyes...
the depth of the tough times that...
he has undergone...so clearly visible...
the bare hands...kept open...
begging a penny or two...

Back in the drought struck home
he has his wife and kids
waiting counting minutes
waiting for the one bread he may bring...
to just fill up the stomachs three...

Some people just passed by...
not even looking at the begging hands...
ignoring their helplessness...
what would happen if they just...
drop a penny or two for them...?

They, the beggars...have to continue this...
dreaming of a different life...
at least in theor coming births...
may their prayers be well received...
have a life of plenty in their births to come...