Wednesday, April 24, 2013

My first poem


When communal violence and bomb blasts become all too familiar, you loose confidence in the system.
As a kid at school, I penned my frustration into a telugu poem after one such unfortunate incident.


Oo manishi, ee agadha nisheedi lo ekkadikee nee payanam?
Anukshanam avineeti koralalo chikkukune nee jeevithaniki, unda vimukthi?

Kshananiko kumbhakonam

nimushaniko hathya
adugaduguna o cheekati rajyam

Rajyangalu chattalu chetulu muduchuku koorchunte

vagdhanala dhati minnantu tunte
manavatha dehala pai maanani rachapundu ga
mathonmaadam chelaregu tunte

Ekkadiki potundi e desham?

edi swathanthraniki artham?
ideana saare jaha se accha ki nidarshanam?

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