An Unwritten Song Poem by Om Chawla

An Unwritten Song

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I hold my pen to uncover the truth
O my countrymen, beware:
By unjustly claiming and self assuming
Inheritance to the halo of martyrdom
These neo-feudal lords, these usurpers of power
Have cheated us of fruits of our labour;
Cunning have been their lofty sermons
yet we showed our utmost reverence,
Let's shed this admiration
they don't deserve our obeisance.
Beware of them, O my countrymen
Beware of their wicked underbelly
Voraciously avaricious as that be.
Yes it is very late in my day
To try and sing such a song,
At an age when my epitaph need be written,
I hold this pen in shaking hands,
Somehow I feel my cry of anguish
Will reach you and shake you out of slumber
And stall their entry to power chambers
And when you awaken my song will have been sung.
That's the epitaph I would cherish
When I cease to be and ever after...

Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: social
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Whatever the system of government the ruling class/clique manages to use the state power and machinery for their self aggrandisement at the cost of suffering masses. Billions have been siphoned by the greedy politicians[claiming exclusivity to power on irrelevant pretext of inheritance to freedom movement] during last few years which could well have been utilised for upliftment of teeming millions of my countrymen.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Valsa George 06 May 2014

At an age when my epitaph need be written, I hold this pen in shaking hands, Somehow I feel my cry of anguish Will reach you and shake you out of slumber And stall their entry to power chambers Very powerful lines, though I greatly diapprove of onething.... It is not yet time to write your epitaph... Let there be many many years of active poetic career ahead when you will be voicing your moral indignation from time to time over the corruption and injustice seen around.... Great write!

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Kanav Justa 16 June 2014

, , , what a great work this is, , , , truly, , , verry powerful, , as everybody has commented, ,

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Vijay Sai R 03 June 2014

so powerful are your words, sir, throughout the poem..hope judgement comes soon...

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Akhtar Jawad 12 May 2014

The same story every where, a nice write.

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Dinesan Madathil 09 May 2014

We are told again and again that we get a Government we just deserve and in near future we are going to have anarchy if democracy of the kind fails

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Om Chawla 07 May 2014

Thanks, Madam Valsa, for your encouraging comments. Whether one likes it or not, there are times when inevitable seems so very near and that obviously affects your thought process.

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