Nirbhaya, The Fearless Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

Nirbhaya, The Fearless



Nirbhaya
You can stay really fearless
Which your very name means
As you have gone far away
From the beasts in the human form
We, men put down our heads
More in shame with nothing could be said
To console your near and dear ones
We, women put down our heads
More in pathos, with nothing could be said
As fear engulfs us with potential threats all around
You wanted to live with great purposes in mind
But, that thirteenth evening had an evil design
We call untamed animals wild
Your death revealed that there are still wilder animals
Moving around and waiting for a prey
Your death also revealed that
We are not at all in a civilized society
Your death gives the world a new phrasing
Men are mortal, and they only make women mortal
How much we all wished
That you recover from trauma soon
And prove that you belong to a gender
That can stand embarrassments and challenges
We cannot stop after praying
Let your soul rest in peace
As we need to reaffirm ourselves telling
Let our souls too be at ease
With a fond hope that all men will prove gentle
On this earth which you departed from

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