Rise On Poem by J T Jayasingh

Rise on
Nothing hides beyond your reach,
They are unknown until you touch.
An earth worm, coal or nucleus
Of a microscopic cell,
All exist by you.
Oh! Light of the world,
What form and color are there
Without the rub of your rays?
What is our feeble life worth
Without these colors and forms?
Every morning we start to live
And with all our humble might
Try to extend that with sodium
And mercury to little success.
Lucifer’s pandemonium you put light on;
The kill, the blood, the sin,
The greed, the smoke, the dirt
And all ancient and modern chaos
You put light on.
When you mix colors in the sky
Here they imitate with blood.
Oh sun! Light of the life,
Of late I have found
There are places in life
You haven’t so far risen.
Please rise on an Indian girl’s life,
Rise on our high places of justice,
Rise on a jobless lad’s morning,
Rise on a poor man’s hut,
Rise on the exploited lands of earth.
I still believe,
Nothing hides beyond your reach,
They are simply dead until you touch.
-J T Jayasingh