Kite

 

       Kites beautiful and colourful 

       In all designs shapes colours

       Just because are flying high  

       In strong breeze there in sky

       Raising just floating dancing

       Rolling looping also diving   

       Can't afford ever challenging

       Kites flying high in the sky

       Or mock at the men below

       Just because they don't fly!

 

       For they do fly only because

       Specialists have made them

       Knowledgeable properly fix

       These to smoothly fly high

       Skilled individuals fly them

       And the threads or twines

       Hold them firmly in the sky

       Even while floating dancing

       Raising rolling flying diving

       Right with the flier in ground

 

       When they get off or cut out

       Because of the poor quality

       Thread twine broken clean

       Some may be torn by wind

       Cut by other specialist’s kites

       Fliers run out of the thread

       All their dance and life end

       Go out off the fliers control

       Go down quick with wind

       Definitely fast to the ground

 

        Like this many of us around

        Now in offices of advantage

        And big positions of power

        Can only laugh and dance

        Arrogantly show off or shout

        Until they are in the offices

        And in the services of power 

        Out from their chairs office

        They go down and fade off

        Like the support less cut kite

 

        Such arrogant and reckless

        Officials men and women

        Quickly go down to vanish

        Worse than any of the kites

        Faster than one cut suddenly

        Which at least float down

        Steadily gradually in wind

        Too fast to even see them

        Fade out gradually to vanish

        From worlds' whole vision!

 

                                          A Dalit Poet

 

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