Wednesday, February 7, 2018

some more poems from 'Empathy As Life'

DISCOVERY

Man lives for   a century
spews out endless  hatred
Revenge, death and destruction
Animals live for a short span
And kill only for survival  
If   the poet   seeks loneliness
From nasty and brutish  world
It’s not misanthropy 
It’s to de-stress from other humans
When  he  finds  his  meditation
Disturbed by canine love
 He  also discovers divine love.
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Tears of Valmiki

The First poet
Wrote tears
Of a bird killed
 And cursed the hunter
Forgetting briefly
The pangs of hunger
Of the hunter
What people agree to 
A poet asks, “what if.. ?”





Word is courage

Write for   truth
 Of merit mangled
The thumb of Ekalavya  demanded
By  a teacher who never taught him
The head of Sambuka  rolled
By the Lord
For   an  ancient varnashrama  dharma
  Devouring     justice
 Today also artists  are punished
For questioning the questionable
They are expected  to  protect  
 peace
Of the burial ground.
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Silence is..
Not partial agreement
But full concord
To perpetuate the evil
To propitiate the devil
If you talk of injustice
You are marked as an ultra
If you write of injustice
You are irresponsible
If you hurt their sentiment
You are sure to regret
If you get killed
It’s what you asked for! 
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