A demon garbed as human
raped a lame and naive woman!
The earth didn't crack! !
Maimed was a common man
when for justice he raised slogans!
The Heavens didn't go down!
Goes on the long ant's queue
even when one ant is trampled
under savage hooves.
No stopping; no looking back,
no nerve to swerve and to rebel.
They yearn to live; to survive
as long as they can with no strife!
No airs about their ancestors
who together slew a vile serpent!
Care not of what they can attain
united when they retaliate.
Plead they, with dour candour
"Ants cannot fight wild beasts! "
Goes on thus the long ant's queue! !
Ants are fascinating, a very well observed poem, thanks, 10 Lynda xx
An 'ant cannot fight wild beasts”. But it can carry load beyond it's body-weight. It is a nice poem. Love it. 10+
a lesson for all of us they are soldiers to the core regards anju XX10
Aha. This is beautiful rich. I quite agree with Maia Padua on you. A poet with sharp perception of his surroundings you are. Marvellous portrayal.
The example of ants has a great bearing on the lives of human beings. We need to come out of that ants' queue syndrome. Thanks Sathya ji. No stopping; no looking back, no nerve to swerve and to rebel. Care not of what they can attain united when they retaliate.
This is written very beautifully...you have a theme in your mind...you tell that in your last lines...the 'ant' comparison you bring into is really striking...intelligent write...neat diction...10
This strikes me as a very spiritual work. On a personal level, I enjoyed it immensely! If I chose to change anything, it would be one word. The line, 'Heavens didn’t go down' would perhaps work better as 'Heavens didn't fall down' or perhaps, 'Heavens didn't collapse'. There's a bit of a double entendre to the phrase 'go down' that seems prevalent in English society, a subtle connotation that may be misconstrued. Minor nit-picking, of course... Again, I can't rave enough about the theme of this one, the need to step out of line and fight the injustices we see every day. Even though an ant is small, he can still lift ten times his weight and is so small he can infiltrate where large beasts cannot. Yet the struggle is universal; good men try to live in harmony, evil men strive to build a network of control meant to dehumanize. All in all, a valid analogy! I found it profound with dissatisfaction at the ant's complicity to the boot that grinds.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Nice use of words also. -Brie
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
i loved the personification and the use of figures of speech in ur poem.