The Wall Poem by Rajkumar Mukherjee

The Wall



there was once a wall
dividing culture, language, people,
rivers, hills and country-
in the name of supremacy;

brightly lit no-man’s land
where only rabbits flourished,
three hundred odd watch-towers
guarded the barren strand.

the big- brother attitude of the west,
and the attempt to enforce
the socialist supremacy-
was forever laid to rest;

as the urge for reunification
was agog in the air,
in the hearts of men and women,
in the quest of freedom;

the fatal impulse came from within,
and all calculations
of power and politics,
gave way to merging of minds;

let’s celebrate with resolution
of that epoch making decision,
and never forget those scars
never allow any more wars.



rajkumar@kolkata
09-11-2009
Rajkumar Mukherjee