FACE VALUE
Since time immemorial
Indulgence to the ‘Face Value’ has been in vogue
It is omnipresent; we have been adoring this ‘Rogue.’ –
May it be in the families, the villages
The world, the countries, the states, or the cities
Academies, politics, sports or many other stages
Individuals, communities, races or societies
It is sown, grown, nourished and given care Imperial…..
No one has ever diagnosed and remedied this malady rampant
Nor can any of us, the helpless twigs, has been a triumphant;
For, ‘To survive is to sew up lips and suppress inner voice’
Or else, we’ll be uprooted like wild weeds useless;
Dumped like left over food in the stinky garbage bins
Or trampled upon like, tarred stone chips or green beans
Under the giant, merciless and rash wheels: the demolishers
Of the blind, mighty and biased rollers like rulers!
©Shankar D Mishra 27.01.2017
Since time immemorial
Indulgence to the ‘Face Value’ has been in vogue
It is omnipresent; we have been adoring this ‘Rogue.’ –
May it be in the families, the villages
The world, the countries, the states, or the cities
Academies, politics, sports or many other stages
Individuals, communities, races or societies
It is sown, grown, nourished and given care Imperial…..
No one has ever diagnosed and remedied this malady rampant
Nor can any of us, the helpless twigs, has been a triumphant;
For, ‘To survive is to sew up lips and suppress inner voice’
Or else, we’ll be uprooted like wild weeds useless;
Dumped like left over food in the stinky garbage bins
Or trampled upon like, tarred stone chips or green beans
Under the giant, merciless and rash wheels: the demolishers
Of the blind, mighty and biased rollers like rulers!
©Shankar D Mishra 27.01.2017
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