Warning Poem by Ratnakar Rout

The newly wedded couple while
coming back from the Weekly
Hat by a motorbike through
a dense forest got horrified
seeing a bunch of leopard like
creatures lying on the road
They had no option left but to stop there
and face the situation boldly
Just after the motor bike stopped there
to their utter surprise
not the leopard like wild animals
but leopard coloured uniform clad
persons having pointed guns at them
got up and stood pride
Alas! they were none other than the red rebels
It was infested area of the leftwing extremists
A group of rebels consisting of male and
Female comrades appeared from all
sides of the jungle and gharaoed the couple
The male was an engineer working in a Govt Department
and the lady, a house wife trembled in fear
as if they would become senseless within a second
The group commander asked the junior engineer
why are you indulged in corruption?
Don’t you see the poverty of the people of this area
how do they suffer in poverty and starvation?
And how they are perished gradually
for their ignorance and superstition?
We know you had some assets
while joining here in the department a few months back
In the mean while you have gathered
whatever assets you need to have to have a decent life
and a good bank balance misappropriating the public money
Since you are recently wedded and a long life is ahead of you
don’t embezzle the public fund further
This is the first warning to you
or else you will be beheaded publicly
You have absolutely no right to snatch away
the so called destiny of the downtrodden
Who suffered for ages in these hilly terrains for no fault of them
we have nothing against you personal
but we are keeping all the accounts of yours
since the day of your arrival. Now you two may proceed
They all vanished within a minute in the deep forest
The couple sweated profusely in that winter evening
and standing almost like statue were looking
at them sneaking in to the jungle swiftly.