Let’s go back
Let’s go back
The city of dreams has failed us
Covid & system has jailed us
The city is divided in multiple zones
Almost all hearts have turned stones
Kind-hearted NGOs indeed show humanity
Though how long can we live on charity?
Labourer, driver, vendor, helper, plumber
All are just a statistical number
Human relations are ephemeral
Selfish interests are eternal
The hands that built villas, offices and malls
Struggle lifetime to get their own four walls
The hands that drive people in imported cars
Often buy more sadness than goods from bazaars
The hands that work tirelessly in factories and shops
Miseries of their heart never stops
The hands that help on farms and break stones
Live a life that is cut to the bones
Let’s go back
Let’s go back
Does a long term future exist?
Is Gandhi’s village economy a myth?
Maybe we will have to return again
Maybe we will have to burn again
Maybe we will have financial stress again
Maybe we will embrace distress again
But today’s separation is a greater pain
Heart has replaced the brain
Let’s go back
Let’s go back
Bribing and begging with the fixer
Stuffing life’s belonging in a concrete mixer
Going back is filled with unpredictability
Reaching home is not a certainty
Tracks have seen many brethren die
Unable to even say final good-bye
Highways are painted with fresh blood red
Rolling suitcases are children’s new bed
May we survive the danger
May we survive the hunger
It will end our tyranny
It will bring rewards many
Mother’s face will shine
Kids’ embrace divine
Life with hope
Life with unity
Life with dignity
Life with humanity
[I was pained to read about the suffering of migrants in India. It prompted me to write a small note]
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