If Really You Are Free! Poem by Madhav Sarkunde

If really you are free
Clouds of hatred won’t crowd
In your mind
Rather would you shower
In life’s intensity on the pate
Of farms beset by despair
If really you are free!

If really you are free
Selfish signs in your eyes
Will fall down abruptly
The rising generations
Will walk in the direction
Of your stares
If really you are free!

If really you are free
All the slammers will thaw
In your warm breaths
All languages under the sun
Will proscribe the term slave
If really you are free!

If really you are free
Caste, religion and bounds
Of nations will surrender to you
Not humans only but rivers and
Mountains will sing your praises
If really you are free!

If really you are free
On your thoughts won’t thrive
Fungi of unreasonable impulses
And the ledger of your life
Will be in balance quite like
Beats of a healthy heart
If really you are free!

If really you are free
You need no other prayer
Your living itself will be
A prayer for the world
If really you are free!

If really you are free
None will keep you
From speaking truth
And then your words will be
The voice of scriptures
If really you are free!

If really you are free
Your hands won’t rise to trash
Someone but raise him up above
Broken households will go ahead
Resting their hands on the shoulder
Of your words
If really you are free!

If really you are free
You can resurrect lost battlefields
And you can be shields and swords
In the disarmed hands
If really you are free!

If really you are free
There will remain no fear
In your mind for someone
To be your enemy or opponent
You will stand as an idol of courage
And history will offer you a seat of honor
In the annals of humanity