THE STRUGGLE

 

K. SELVARAJ

 

For being flowered

In this rapt rat hole

Days limp,

Weary months wear on,

And withered seasons wound up

As wretched red sun constant here.

 

Day in and day out

We rot and rust out;

Worn out wrinkles jot down

Their said tales frightful,

And make us poor scarecrows.

Still crores here madly struggle

To drag the heavy laden juggernaut.

 

Why don’t we cease to tussle

With Time, the jubilant juggler?

Or dare to jugulate the callous oppressors?

Lest, what the hell are we traveling tediously for?

 

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