A LOOK AT LIFE-96
A LOOK AT LIFE-96
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY
WAITING FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
You are the soldier
You are the general
The battle is yours
So also victory and defeat
Means and end
The end is to come out of
The unacceptable present
With the coronavirus searching for
Human flesh In streets and lanes
The end is a better tomorrow
When the fear of coronavirus will be no more
The means is to stay home
Reduce your needs to the minimum
Live with whatever available
And never cry for more
Forget not
Our system has limits
If we stretch it beyond
It will collapse
When the system will collapse
We will be nowhere
It is our sacred duty to see that
Our system does not come under stress
Let us be with our system
Whatever may be the situation
Listen to its voice
For the sake of ourselves, our state,
Country and humanity
We have to stay inside
When survival is at stake
Nothing, absolutely nothing matters
You are to remain alive and let others
If you love yourself, love your family
Your father, mother and grandfather
And the world around
Never go outside, be with your loved ones
Let the coronavirus
Starve In our lonely streets
Struggle for its survival in deserted lanes
And die without getting human cells to prey
We can live with
A minimum of food and other amenities
But we will not allow coronavirus to feed on us
We can not meekly surrender
To a virus
We are made for bigger things
With the victory and defeat
In our hands
Let us stay inside and patiently wait
For that glorious tomorrow
When we will come out from our quarantine
And self-imposed exile
An exile from all that mattered till now
To bask under the golden sun
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
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