India

 

I

I sit alone,
In a café in Poznań,
Alone I sit,
with my thoughts alone.

If I write against my country,
I will be called young, inexperienced.
And in this inexperience I yet know,
That the case of my state is a dire one.

 
And now you read this,
And you think, I know you will,
But then why don’t you act?
For so many wait for someone too.

And the government is in ruins,
The opposition is in ruins,
Our cities are in ruins,
And the life lived is in ruins.

And we pay with all we have,
And we are given nothing for it,
The time for change is long gone,
But let’s act tonight to begin with.

And when im asked why did you leave?
All I can think of is why do you stay?
This country is our country,
And when you look at it, what do you see?

Are you proud of what has become?
Are you satisfied with this life you live?
If you are rich and happy then look around you,
Look at what has become of the rest.

And if you are rich you should care,
Open your eyes and plead for a change,
The tools lie around you.
And in anxiety so many wait.

But since satisfied you are,
you much rather sleep,
And curse the government,
public and taxes.

I would beg for you,
To cause a stir,
To bring development,
Knowledge and thought.

Without the mind being in motion,
The life lived, whichever one, is a waste,
Thoughts will breed actions,
And consciously we must strive together.

I would give all I have,
Time, money, my mind, my life.
For India to start a transformation,
But there needs to be light.

And we must illuminate this dark tunnel,
And bring this light to our people,
And awake each day with a foremost pledge,
One which urges each one to strive for a real state.

II

 But I am young,
And hence I must be inexperienced,
And my type want the same,
And each person who has struggled,
Wants the same.
And I have spoken to thousands of them.
But we are young,
And we must be inexperienced.
For its only our hearts, minds, eyes & soul that speak.
But we are young,
And inexperience must breed such emotion.

However if these words,
Yes these words,
Can cause a stir, and awaken a few,
For a cause to stir, then I will be on call.
And each one of those whom I know will be too,
And we will gather,
To fight for a better India.

And now I’ll leave,
To gain more experience,
To either understand the chaos which presides,
Or to hear word that a change is now brewing,
Or from you, to beckon a change together.

For the world is small,
And a change can come,
For what is truly wanted,
Can in unison always be delivered.