Disparity Poem by Ratnakar Rout

A poor lady when could not clear up
Two rupees debt of a shop owner
Her husband was brutally strangled to death
After a brief altercation with the shop keeper
People were amused in surprising news
That an unknown lady keeping his anonymity has donated
Two and half crores of rupees to a temple
For conducting certain puja
Another woman poisoned her three children
As she failed to feed them due to abject poverty
As her husband was a paralytic patient
And unable to earn the livelihood
A tribal woman sold her daughter for two hundred rupees
For repay the debt of the money lender
After losing Job for the worldwide economic slowdown
Many People have lost their living
And some of them willingly jumped into the flesh trade
Numerous highly qualified young ladies have offered themselves
To work in adult films as no alternate living is available
The travesty of fate has landed them in a land of despair
They have no way out but to succumb to the prevailing situation
They become the tolls in the hands of time, silent and numb victims.
But the world is no dearth of wealth
When a minority possess three fourth wealth of the earth,
The majority shares only a negligible portion
Thus, I am always burning in serious contradictions within
And asking a question to myself
Why there is glaring disparity in God’s creation?
When millions and millions are deprived of getting
A square meal in a day, many waste plenty of food out of fun.
What prevents us to bring a world order?
Where there will be no inequality but equitable distribution
Of the enormous wealth of the entire world
Among the people across the Globe
For end of poverty and emancipate the downtrodden?
But that never happens as many of us lack compassion and vision.