Nirbhaya I Hate You

Nirbhaya I Hate you

Snoring in our slumber, we were
Enchanted by the idyll of our dreams
And then you came, oh so loud the hollar
That caught us and shook us by the collar

For showing the demons of our minds,
For removing ignorance's comfortable blinds
Nirbhaya i hate you

Succeasfully we hid, the whinings with the shining
And blocked dissent's disruptive dins
Along you came then, and shook our core
All the hypocrisy within, you brought to the fore.

For showing the demons of our minds,
For removing ignorance's comfortable blinds
Nirbhaya i hate you

You brought us pain, you drove us insane
All the rosy pictures we painted,
You took and filled it
With reality's despairing disdain

For showing the demons of our minds,
For removing ignorance's comfortable blinds
Nirbhaya i hate you

No longer do the people get trampled and forget
No longer do the persecuted suffer in silence
You gave them strength to face the fight
You gave them will to face our might
Neither we saw, nor heard nor spoke against any evil
But you yanked our hands, and forced us,
To feel the heat that roasts the common man

Forgive you, we'll not, O Nirbhaya, for you
Forced us to face the monster of our making.
-shivam'da'

The Invisible Doctor

The Invisible Doctor

He packed his books, he packed his lunch,
he checked his purse, to count the crunch.
He reached the library's table, and started his day
Counting the dragons of the day left to slay.

A Doctor, a healer, they called him,and he'd smirk,
Books, and not patients, held him in a cirque.
Armed with a fancy prefix and a fancy suffix, though,
rendered useless in the face of challenges that lurk.

"So, why are you studying now? Did you fail?"
Questions that broke his self esteem, so frail.
Gathering the remains of his pride, he'd reply,
"The sea beckons. I am merely adjusting my sail."

Daily he'd see updates, of his friends revelling in success
Daily he'd wish his life were a little less of a mess
Daily his determination would evolve
And he'd get the strength to face, the next MCQ to solve.
- Shivam