LET ME LIVE
Reincarnating
in this new world,
I get to
hear noises galore,
Though i
made out that some were pensive voices,
But there
were others with opposite choices.
As i tore
the cocoon and plunged into the stream,
I saw my
face in the broken mirror of self-esteem,
And when my
soul was beginning to settle,
An ominous
loud thud begged to prove my mettle.
The devil
hath arrived with its arms and ammunitions,
With
rituals and rites and customs and traditions,
They sought
to tear me apart even when i was enveloped,
But the
blessings of the cocoon had me protected,
Since it
was defeated by our resolute,
It had
returned to seek what i refute.
It wanted
me to be dead as i was born,
But why was
i the one to be scorned?
I have not
even set my foot here,
I have not
even uttered a word to hear,
I have not
seen the smiles i bring,
I have not
yet fulfilled any need,
Yet you
have decided to pluck me out like a weed??
I have not
troubled my mom yet,
I have not
become my daddy’s princess,
I have not
bothered my brother yet,
I have
still not wetted my petite bed.....
What is my
mistake you are punishing for?
What is
your right to perform this devilish chore?
Do i not
have any say?
And how
could you decide whether i had to stay?
When i was
coming down to earthly hell,
Mr. white
beard cared something to tell,
He gave me
all the goodie goodie things,
And told me
to descend from the heavens.
Nipping the
bud is not what i had been taught,
Frowning
upon my birth is not what i had expected,
The heavens
had said i was going to a good place,
And i would
always remain under HIS caring gaze.
But my
heart sank as i landed here,
the searing
looks, The scowling faces,
The
clenched fists that banged against the benches,
The
despondent hands that went to the forehead,
The brows
that frowned, the expressions that feigned,
The whole
face that depicted the holocaust reign.
Please let
me live......
I do not
have anything to bribe,
But i do
have my resolute to thrive,
I do have
my innocence to prove,
That i am
not a burden but a fluke,
I am not
the harbinger of worldly misdeed,
But the
root to grow another seed.....
PUNYASLOK RATH(29/05/2012)
