Election Time For Us Poem by Anil Kumar Panda

I have seen politics closely
How the politicians tell lies
How they make promises
Even for the poor ready to die

They tell the masses that
Their lives would change
That they won't have to
Struggle for meals to arrange

And their homes will not
Be dark any more for light
Will be given free of cost
There would be no scary night

I see them in election time
In cars with their followers
Who beat drums and explode
Crackers and look like robbers

There will be roads and wells
Shops and bi-cycles for all
If people voted them to power
They promise to build a great mall

Strange is the way people
Behave and vote for them
Believing their words this time
Too they bring poverty and shame