Woe! My Country Men [inspired By Samanyan Lakshminarayanan] Poem by Angelina Pandian

Woe! My country men – I cry for you, Dear Gandhiji
Mahatma of our Country!
After reading, “A Blame on Gandhi”, by Samanyan Lakshminarayanan
Gandhi was a good man,
He walked the length and breath
Of this Land when in shackles it did lie
And our forefathers lived as slaves
In our own country ruled by foreign men

Gandhi was a good man,
He taught us the strength of unity
Nonviolence, Ahimsa and Truth
After all the bloodshed and war
It was his voice which first said Quit India
The words they gained force and momentum
When together all ism’s and factions forgotten
Indians roared QUIT INDIA

Gandhi was a good man,
He lived a simple life
When world leaders bowed before
He did not lose his humbleness
He saw God in men considered low by caste
He called them children of God Hari ka Jan.

Gandhi was a good man,
He was not bound by any barriers
He broke all superstition of gender or bias
Gave equal rights not just 33%
To the women in his life his work
A life of sacrifice for his countrymen
He spent his life for the freedom of men.

Gandhi was a good man,
But, they did not turn him into God,
Even if they had I'd have accepted it.
But, Do you know of the Temples
Built for film stars? Sad state of affairs indeed
Which has befallen upon our Country! Men!