On my deathbed, today I lie

To rewind my thoughts of life,I try

When I was a child,it was my earnest desire

To go skating,but it went on fire

An anxious lady was my granny old

“You’ll bruise your knee”,to me she told

Longingly I looked at my friends’ skate

And brooded over my pathetic fate

But my grandmom was merry and gay

‘Cos all her rules, I obey.

In my youth,I had a gripping wish

I wanted to go to the deepest sea to fish

My mother who was afraid of the water blue

Said I would catch a fatal flu

I had to forget my fancies and whims

Albeit I dreamt of shuddering,silver fins

But my mother was merry and gay

‘Cos all her rules, I obey.

When I grew up,I wanted to become an actor

But in the fields,I was forced to drive the tractor

My father,strict and stout,named Sam

Was trying hard to improve his farm

So I drove the tractor and tilled the soil

For my dreams,I did not toil

But my father was merry and gay

‘Cos all his rules,I obey.

On my deathbed,today I lie

To rewind my thoughts of life,I try

Never did I do what I had liked

But to others,I always obliged

No skating,no acting,no fishing,nothing

Of my wish,I could have done something

Next time I swore,I will skate and fish

No matter what I will fulfill all my wish

But it is then that I realise with pain

There is no life to live again!