Name Poem by Rajendra Nagdev

They assigned a name
without concurrence

My friend often forgets
because, he never wished
not to forget it.
He may one day tear it to shreds
and consign to flames

He was born minus name
they tagged it on him
then threw his body and soul
in the geography
and sociology of planet
where fixed he was forever

Name has a meaning
many meanings within meaning
but he knows
the one he craves for
is absent

Who says
there is nothing in the name?
it's a mountain of seeds,
seeds of
fragmentation
yearning to germinate,
oppression, suppression, wars, riots
massacre, what not!
a mould
transforming human into beast

My friend is human
let him just be a human
* * * *


where fixed he was forever