Liberty

Darshana Thapa


Mankind you are
bestowed with power,
that no other living being
had ever had and will have.

Presence of mind,
makes you mankind
do your duty honestly,
not with hopefulness
giving assurance
not knowing the consequences.

Human with brains
not of bulls and buffaloes;
strengthen your heart and see the mass
they are suffering from unemployment.
Thousands and thousands of our youths
are gaining knowledge but without fulfillment;  
isn’t it meaningless?

Oh, God!
Suffering youths
are speechless.
Help them;
they are our country’s strength,
to make it a better place.

Worried faces, black and pale
do not know their future plans.


[Darshana, a poet and translator, is the author of Life with Nature. ]