She smelt of cigarettes and flowers
With the
world whizzing by in her minds eye
As she sat in the back of the blue car
She chose to
skip breakfast and lunch to catch up on sleep
She munched
on a juicy red apple instead
The world
passed by as she looked out the window
“how lucky I
am to travel at non-office hours” she thought to herself
The breeze
on her face coupled with the intoxicating smell of rain on the concrete
road
With lush
green fields and factory smoke in the air, there’s no place else she’d rather be
Damn, Kumar
just missed the turn.
"Ghumao
ghumao ghumao"
Pick the boss
up
Get to class.
Wow! She
sees;
Kids being taught about racism and inequality
Asking
them.. “what would you do?”
Critical
thinking - high
Joyful kids,
interested, hardworking,
All on task
The day just
got better
Back to the
coffee shop
Converse
converse converse
Mindset
skill will action next step praise positive plan data tangent
Move on
On the couch
back home
With her
fiancé by her side and dogs running around
Watching House
and eating rice, dal, bhindi
With fried chicken nuggets
She smelt of
cigarettes and love
Life is good
this side of my world.
But only
here
In my minds eye,
There’s a hundred sordid
images and thoughts that bleed
they keep me up at night
they keep me up at night
Gaza,
Hamas,
ISIS,
Israel,
Headless
reporter,
Young girls
captured to be wives
Zoom in to
my country
Tiger shot
dead
Shooting
civilians in Assam,
3 year olds,
gang raped and dead,
Hung from a
tree for being born,
3200 women
saved from trafficking, millions to go
Shakti mills
rape, marine drive rape
Men killed
for defending girls,
Man killed
for feeding dogs,
Woman
stripped and beaten for walking a dog,
Free
country?
I don’t see
it
56% kids in
class 5 can’t read a grade 2 level text – in any language
45% kids in class 5 can't do a 2 digit subtraction problem
45% kids in class 5 can't do a 2 digit subtraction problem
India
Shining
Murderer in
power
Looking to
bring more money without values
Export arms
Teach
science though flying chariots
India
Burning
She felt the
night.
No one put the weight of the world on your shoulders.
But how can you let it go by?
Cigarettes, they kill.
Flowers, they heal
Love, it creates.
In between the creating, killing and healing,
You'll find your piece
What are you waiting for?
No one put the weight of the world on your shoulders.
But how can you let it go by?
Cigarettes, they kill.
Flowers, they heal
Love, it creates.
In between the creating, killing and healing,
You'll find your piece
What are you waiting for?
2 comments:
It's hard to express oneself in words after reading a moving poem, such as this. All I can say is "Thank you."
Thank you so much!
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