You Forgot Gandhi Too Poem by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

You Forgot Gandhi Too

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"You forgot Mahatma Gandhi too"
"I never believed it might be ever true"
These were worlds spoken by frontier Gandhi * Abdul Gafar Khan
He descended at Palam Airport to address audience at down

I was raw airmen just passed out from Air force centre
New Delhi was capital and main point to enter
As Delhi remained central stage for freedom struggle
It had witnessed lots of struggle and invited troubles

We were questioned by security staff a airport terminal
We had gone there to witness movement of aircrafts and their arrival
We saw an old man descending from special plane
He had only one old bag hidden under arms

He waved hand at little gathering
He was unhappy and lots of things were bothering
He was sore at being dumped by the Indian friends
He never imagined such down grade performance at the end

"You killed his spirit and him too" he lamented
"How could you do this to Gandhiji"* he resented
He had straight way gone to public gathering
From there after to his last abode for offering

We were not asking for separate land
He uttered and said they were for peaceful end
To remain as an integral part of Pakistan but with honor
They had struggled through out the years therefore

India gained struggle but soon forget frontier people
He was not sore at being deserted but undoing of struggle
When father of nation can be forgotten easily
He had no excuse left except to utter disgust readily

We read this from newspaper later and got his message
He was there with his red brigade and named as frontier Gandhi on page
He was happy with his association in freedom movement
Gandhiji was his ideal saint figure and rest all were pride moments

*Gandhiji.. Ji is respectable word

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal 25 March 2012

leafsailor A wonderful poem I only wish folks understood, thank you so much for your words, they bring me great peace

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Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal 25 March 2012

Dear Hasmukh Bhai, Your experience is valuable to the readers. We rarely find it in the poems of others. K.H.Prabhu, Kumta, Karnataka - 581343 Mar 25,2012

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Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

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Vadali, Dist: - sabarkantha, Gujarat, India
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