May Day2023-Labour Day-India Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

Be grateful to those workers
who build all those bridges across our rivers,
be grateful to those workers
whose names are forgotten once they build
our apartments and houses;

be grateful to those workers
who work in hospitals day and night
and take care of us without expecting any rewards,
be grateful to all those who offer their services
to keep the railway and bus transport moving;

be grateful to all those workers
who work in those mills and factories
and provide us with cloth and clothes to wear,
be grateful to those workers
who make our shoes and slippers and save us from
walking bare feet;

be grateful to those workers
who keep our streets clean and even fix our
street lights and traffic signals,
be grateful to those workers
who fix our water-pipes and supply us with water
to continuously to our houses;

be grateful to every worker
who engages in providing services to make our life comfortable and cozy,
be grateful to those workers
who take care to keep clean our surroundings and environment;

be grateful to those workers
who are party workers and enhance our politicians and their leadership,
be grateful to those workers
who serve our nation and enable us to live happily as one great nation.