Last evening I was sitting alone
On my favourite chair in our balcony.
I saw so many people coming by car
To attend a wedding ceremony.
All were ornamented with gold and pearl.
They were looking so smart and lovely.
One by one they entered a house
Which was decorated so gorgeously.
People were so busy in singing, dancing
Gossiping, drinking and eating.
I saw a dustbin filled with the wastage food
And some vagabonds and dogs fighting.
Few orphans and beggars gathered there.
Suddenly I heard a boy's scream
But I couldn't believe my eyes and my ears.
It seemed to me as if I saw a dream.
By Dipankar Sadhukhan
Kolkata, India.
Copyrights@December06,2016(2: 20pm)
An excellent write. So beautifully two contrasting pictures of our society have been sketched in your poem.10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
So nicely penned.10+++