Retreat Poem by Sivaprasad Parackal

Your yeses are retorted with our noes
And assertions with negations
Whatever you enact, we demand repeal
As we are conditioned for blind repulsion

We dwell on the ideology of denial
And in the tenets of protest
Nor do we think about the pros and cons
As our conscience is pawned

Thousands are in the streets
Whose reins are in our hands
You run for your life
As burning cities welcome you

You are thrashed in the streets
We make you bend your knees
Retreat is the breath of this land
That you slowly realise