Mighty and the Weak
Difficile est proprie communia
dicere.
In
solace of night, two tormented fought
Over
the issue of right to exist,
It
is though accepted, anticipated and sought,
Weaker
for the stronger is always a feast!
Poor
candle with her tender light,
In
the dense dark, served a sight.
Mighty
wind with his bloody eager sword
Was
ready to slay the sweet poor chord.
‘Pardon
me, my frail existence, show mercy
‘O
broad chested, O devouring wind
‘Omit
me of your morsel, set free
‘I
beg you… my life, not you grind!’
Pleaded
thus, she stood calm, and did wait
For
the reply of her piranha, her fate,
And
he, the swollen might, in anger tried
To
make her afraid, he thus replied:
‘I’m
mighty; I love mighty; you be mighty
‘Or
I slay you, you feeble poor creature!
‘To
do you justice, to endure propriety
‘Are
for the mighty like me just a torture!
‘To
maintain peace, you weaker must die
‘And
with peace and hope in grave lie!’
The
gentle flame, the thin spirit, the brave soul
Boldly
stood but in calm pose she listened his whole.
‘For
the perils like you, might is right.
‘In
His abode, where justice happens always,
‘Still
the echoes say that right is might,
‘There
devils are imprisoned and put in cage.’
The
candle, true and upright, but weak,
Said
these in her tender voice, so meek.
Arrogant
and wild, the mighty wind lost sense,
For
the thirsty of blood, nothing is offense!
With
a blow, he collected some dry leaves
And
pushed the innocent flame over them.
Pathetic!
How one of her life he bereaves
With
no regret, no mercy, and no shame!
The
melting candle, dying of enormous pain,
Thought
she how her stronger sisters grew insane!
‘How
your beautiful earth will survive?
‘Shall
you see with silence, or thrive?
‘If
your world is for the might and power,
‘Why
do you make creepers sans bower?’
With
these words, she melted; she did die!
But
she left questions to God, to be done.
The
God who sits and watches all from high
The
world that with same Moon and Sun,
To
escape from these questions always does try…
Alok Mishra
28-07-2013
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