Δευτέρα 6 Νοεμβρίου 2023

"Muashra, (The Silent Society)" Poem of Dr Jernail S Aanand /India

 


Muashra,

(The Silent Society)

It appears to be silent 
And non responsive to your needs 
They don't get together 
When a man needs money 
To marry off his daughter 
Or when a poor labourer's son 
Is stuck in the middle 
And cannot pay his fees.

You will find hundreds in your vicinity 
Who lose chances of education 
Because they lacked the fee..
How unconcerned and how happy 
Are we, 
When they are forced to slug it out 
Live on crumbs and 
When very intelligent of them
Fail to fly in their sky 

When you die, and all chatter
Of good or bad ceases to matter 
You can hear the happy clatter 
Of your cohabitants 
Who have no tears but a dig or two
Sharp enough to make you feel
The pinch in your trance 
A word of sorrow, on with the dance 

It is a beehive of Insensitivity 
Lying in wait 
For a moment of negativity 
Heaving a long sigh of anonymity
Drawing out from within
A few words of sympathy 
And then forgetting 
All about the small kids and the mother 
Who lost their paternity.

It is the duty of God to stand by them.
God is kind, we are His creation,
He takes care of his men.
We enter back into our happy homes 
While kitchens in our neighbourhood 
Remain cold 
The poor lady next door sells her gold .
The little girl shuns her class room
And takes to broom.

They are rushing to the shrines in the morning.
And singing hymns day and night 
But found in the wrong
When it is time to turn right.
Rich men, instead of sharing their booty,
Dole out misery to the poor swell.
Try to strip them of their due 
Sages and scriptures go to hell.

Dr Jernail S Aanand 







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