Untouchable Poem by Narender Singh Bansal

Two boys
while returning
from the school
were arguing

The higher caste boy
the Touchable
diverted the topic
by a question
to untouchable boy
What is your caste

The answer
provided by the mother
of the untouchable boy
that he is a touchable
was a lie

Why did the mother lie
what is a untouchable

Untouchable
is born to a untouchable
to die as a untouchable

Untouchable
is not meant
to dine with
the touchables

Untouchable
is not meant
to marry
the touchable

Untouchable
pollutes the touchable
in many forms
such as touch

Untouchable
is lowely being
without a soul

Untouchable
is not meant
to excel

Untouchable
is born as slave
to die as a slave

Some say
times have matured
Untouchability
is a thing of past

The truth is
known to all

Untouchability
The repression and brutality
which was open earlier
is open some times
is open many times
hidden almost every time

The innocent boys
Sorrowful eyes
questions
Why untouchable
is still a untouchable