No Rebirth Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

You have to fight your enemies.
You have to fight your rivals.
You have to fight for food and shelter.

Droughts may wilt you.
Floods may drown you.
Fire may guts you,

Disaster can occur.
Accidents can happen.
Someone may kill you.

Fear and anxieties is there.
Hate and jealousy is there.
Victimization is there.

Denial of love.
Denial of justice.
Denial of rights.

You are cheated.
You are betrayed.
You are robbed.

Woman is chased.
Woman is chained.
Woman is raped.

Global warming threatens.
Glaziers are melting.
The future is bleak.

The uninterrupted supply
Of the essentials
Is not a guarantee.

Is a birth the bliss?
Is it not a curse?
No old one wants rebirth.
15.05.2017

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