What does Republic Day
Mean to a young boy
Selling the tricolor to passers by?
On Republic day
Clutching the bunch of
flags
He stands on the pavement
In the dust and the heat
Freedom to him
Means more money
To make ends meet
Freedom from hunger
For him and his siblings
His family
So that there is hope
That they will sleep
That day on a full stomach
He as such leads
A free life
On the pavements
Where he studies
In the school
Called Pain and Strife
That teaches him
New tricks and lessons each day
That’s freedom for him
Freedom from the big, marbled school!
Near the pavement where he sells his wares
With the school bell his cries to customers many times go
unheard
But does he have to freedom ,the right to enter that
building
Even as the largest democracy in the world
Celebrated Republic day
Celebrated the rules, norms and laws
That govern and guide us to lead a free living
But what does it mean to the young seller
Of this majestic
tricolor?
2 comments:
Reality and also the human spirit to survive against odds and conquer... soul-searching poem keep writing
Thanks Srikant
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