It is a death of profound grief
a relative, Professor of long years
worked until the last with a belief
dependence on the children causes a fear
breathed his last in the most unexpected
not at home or hospital as one would expect
but in the college where he was respected
lecturing his favorite solid mechanics subject
slipped and collapsed all of a sudden
a glorious death to a teacher of five decades
to him the college was the beautiful garden
he worked even after retirement, not for fun
the transitoriness of life shocks one
the man who is so full of life and bright
becomes a corpse in a second
Well, that is the truth many fail to realize
behave rudely, speak ill and are biased
they live in faults and sins
dodge and deceive their own kin
the curse would befall not only on them
follow 
their progeny as well
2 replies on “A Professor Dies While On Duty”
Thank you so much for the kind words and also for speaking so high of my father. It shows your reverence for him. It is so solacing to us while we are bereaving of his loss. Truly, we as a family, appreciate it Aunty.
He was a man remarkable in his own way. I respect his straightforwardness.Nowadays this quality has become a rarity.
Thanks for responding, Geetha.Take care.