Amnesia Graced

By Rajiv Khandelwal

The boon

Of having amnesia

Is that when 

One of her daughter-in-law 

Verbally abuses  

Declares herself as the sole victim 

For all real and imagined woes 

The other family members 

Hearts pounding with worry 

Learn of treatment

Meted out to their loved person

But the dear soul 

Blessed with loss of memory

Does not even remember

Meeting her daughter-in-law

What can be said or done 

When spiralling smoke 

Forgets about the presence of fire

It rose from 

While others felt the raw heat

Scorched by what she fails to recall 

By Rajiv Khandelwal