A Common Man’s prayer to God? It’s better to die standing Rather than to live on knees.

A wave of sadness
I can’t speak of
Swells in my heart

No solution is in sight
Except to fight it out
Alone in my heart

You have gone to a deep slumber
Never to rise and bother
About the weak and the humble

Past determines the present
Present determines the future
That is how scriptures say

I can’t unravel my dead past
Nor pierce through the veil
Of mysterious Future unborn

If everything takes place by thy will
Why can’t you cleanse the hearts
Punishing the guilty and greedy
Protecting the innocent and needy
It is better to die standing
Rather than to live on knees

13.11.1988