Jun 18, 2011

home...

She stands alone..
Only as a structure.
Pronouncing shapes like my shadow,
In this dark, lonely night..

As an abstract of a lazy,losing painter..
Weeping the tears of solitude.
Failing to smile,
For every time she tries
She fails to see my mother smiling.

She stands alone,
Just as a monument of silence.
Missing the songs of my sleep,
In this hostile, separated night.

When they came with their guns,
I know she did not panic.
When they broke off her doors and windows,
With the butts of their tyranny
I know she never pleded.
When they danced and joyed...
Kicking and throwing,
Breaking and burning,
Scattering her heart all around,
Raping her with their gun-guarded impotence..
I know,
She looked right into their eyes
And uttered with pride..
"I give roof to rebels,
I am their home,
I can not cry.."

She stands alone...
Empty without the echoes of slogans,
Torn apart by the rebellion.
Searching for the cigrettes of my father everywhere,
Longing for the lories of my mother again.

May 10, 2011

red. . . .reality!!

My head high
My chin up
My chest broad with pride.
My fearless voice
My chain-free will
My emancipation and everlasting
smile!!

My pen
My purse
My canvas of isms and poetry of
romance!!
My vote
My right
My liberty and my aspirational
heights.

Oh!!
Don't promise me freedom please,
I am hungry...

I am hungry
I am not your comrade.

If i had a piece of your
red cloth,
i'd make few things out of it-
Half-paint for my son!
Blouse for my daughter!
Petticoat for my wife!
Or,stomach for myself!
Or,slippers for my old mother!
Or,handkerchief for my forehead!
Or,tin for my roof!
Or,paddy for my fields!
Or,school for my son!
Or,a handsome groom for my
daughter!
A park for my tired breathe!
A song for my heart!
Or,gun for my rights!
Or,bloods for my rebellion!

Fire in my eyes!!
My stories of sacrifice.
My bravery,My glory
My red soil and my sufferings.

Oh!!
Don't romanticise me please,
I am hungry.

Walk a mile,
sit beside me.
Sweat like me
Breathe like me.
I'll give you a piece of red cloth,
And say "i am hungry".