Where can I go? Save my honour
For I have dedicated myself to you
And now there is no one else for me.
And now there is no one else for me.
-Mira bai
I wrote this poem some 4 years earlier. Both Mother Teresa and Helen Keller and countless other angels of humanity knew that the thing that makes us human is our capacity to Love ,to show compassion to others. They knew that the poor are hungry more for love than food. But today if we see someone lying hungry on the streets or helpless in some terrible condition - what do we do; we just pass on , shutting them away from our world. I heard a quote long ago . I don't recollect it exactly . But it said something on the lines of ;- "What have I gained, if I have won the whole world, but lost my own heart."
What Lira Wrote...
The man sleeps on the rocky bed;
And above him lies nothing but sky.
And above him lies nothing but sky.
While Lira sleeps on soft cotton instead,
Dreaming of woods and dragons that fly.
The man has over him meagre clothes, ragged and torn.
While Lira was adorned in muslin & chiffon, since she was born.
While Lira was adorned in muslin & chiffon, since she was born.
The man is hungry, and food in his dreams,
Is the only place where it gleams.
Lira knows all this, but she wonders, why
She would rather let him die?
She would rather let him die?
Lira is not a kid, she's 12 years old.
She does everything that she is told.
She does everything that she is told.
If lira gives him -
food, clothing , shelter,
medicine, schooling and love,
mankind would be much better.
But something's missing. Lira does'nt know - what or why,
And she like you, turns around him a blind eye.
And 1000 days from then, when Lira fell,
From a bicycle and fractured her legs,
And none came to help her; she could now tell what was wrong.
And she wrote in her diary;
"Humans have forgotten that, they cannot live in perfect happiness
While one of them is in distress.
Each of them thinks - He'll reach the heights, and enjoy the sight;
And when some poor approaches him,
He says ,'It's his battle. Let him fight.
Anyway the world isn't fair
Then why should I alone care
And when he reaches the top and sets his sight.
And what a sight it was! Thousands dead of hunger, heat & cold
and diseased lepers creeping.
All because he had turned a blind eye."
This is what Lira wrote.
And as to what happened to that man.
Anyone can complete this poem, if only they will.................
SO inspiring. Do keep writing, looking forward to reading more of your work. You will definitely be a great writer.
ReplyDeleteThanks aayushi , That was such a sweet thing to say.
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