Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Is there any one in the cosmos to listen to voiceless people breathing for freedom and dignity

For long Sri Lankan Tamils and Palestinians population
Could not have a torch to pass through their dark
Passages and tormented path...
True there were few leaders with commitment 
And did negotiate the way and ruled for a while
But eventually could not deliver as the destiny
Did not favour them.

Neighbours were inimical and indifferent
The super power too did not bother as it was no longer
The world policeman and thebtwin towers attack
Redefined the meaning of terrorism and the cause of nationalism, Tamil nationalism was lost on the way
Worshipping Buddha but fomenting hatred the majority
Dominated and frustrated the freedom struggle

It was great that many were wading through
Real impossibilities and recurrent resistances
Couldn't alter the situation but only worsened it 
Oh Lord ,is there any one in the cosmos having the 
Indomitable courage and conviction, and an uncompromising attitude to restore the dignity on 
Tamil population there and also other minorities
Silently suffering all over the world
Hello Lord ! Are you listening?

All these unfortunate disadvantaged people  tossed 
and turned by hatred and vengeance 
Did practice patience and perseverance and endured
All the insults, injustice and injuries of time....
But the dominant leader and faithful warriors couldn't
take things to their logical destination

It was international politics and lack of diplomatic path
Which killed all the designs, all the passion which were
Fashioned out in minutest details to 
Attain the highest ideals , their home land 
Apparently impossible in reality given the changed
Geo political setting and not even visible in the 
Near or distant future.

Like a charming girl degenerating into sick and ailing lady
All the youthful dreams for home land faded and vanished
into thin air  once and for all.
That dreamland is now barren sick with dead bodies
And souls ,hovering over there
Like abandoned land like any other war torn zone 

When the globalised and globalising world cannot take 
Cognizance of the marginalized and fully deprived 
What is the use of talking interconnectedness,
Computer driven networked information flow and nonsense
Where is the conscience of global community and institutions

This was written long ago when the freedom struggle failed in the Tamil segments of Sri Lanka 
That country is experiencing the worst economic and political crisis proving the adage one who sows will reap..
(From my academic debris).


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