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Screams

In the sleepless silent dark night,
I hear tormented screams of mankind;
Entangled in a confined unseen cage,
I try to follow the anguish sound.

Night after night a neverending curse,
I try to close my ears but the screams won’t stop;
In impulsion to save them from the suffering,
every time I strive with a new hope.

I want to break the cage,
but feel so powerless when I try;
Is this weakness of my ability,
or am I courageless, but why?

One day it will knock on my doors too,
it will torture me to suffer and scream;
No one will come to my rescue,
My screams will slowly vanish in the gloom

-RP

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Path to my village

Path to my village,
A narrow curved road 

There isn’t a milestone,
No direction board

Lush green rice fields,
Both sides of the road

Far in the fields,
Cows grazing in a herd

An ancient banyan tree,
Where the road has a bend

After a long walk,
The road has an end

I call it my home,
Where the road finally end

-RP

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WAR

The war is now over, the battle has been fought,
There is a deep silence but not likely peace has been brought

Did we win gloriously or did we badly loose,
Are they always right the side that we choose?

The battlefield is soaked in blood of the martyrs,
Those who survived have returned to their homes

Did they achieve what they came to fight for,
Should we celebrate our victory if we have won the war?

Who gave us the rights to draw lines on the land,
Who gave them the motive to fight for conquering the world?

Its perhaps a wronged belief, a deceiving blind faith,
We are believing for centuries to bring us only death

I would ask the almighty if only I am privileged to ask,
Would you ever forgive us for what we have done wearing your mask?

-RP (BlueInk Blog)

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Endless Journey

Voyager of an endless journey, an aimless bird in the sky;
Walking into an endless dark tunnel, hoping to find a bright ray

Thousands of years have passed, hope someone counting those days;
Adrift in the soundless deep darkness, where time has no utter relevance

Oh divine light at the other end, come take me into your void;
I don’t remember my beginning, so I want to see the end

I have lived for thousand years, I have rejoiced and sorrowed;
The memories have faded away, the feelings are now dead

No cardinal direction in this baseless hollow abyss;
In effort to show me path, my vintage compass is today helpless

Am I living am I dead, or am I dreaming in my head;
Is this reality or an illusion, an endless voyage seemingly not destined to end

-RP

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Life Problems

Problems of my life seemed big enough,
I tried to overcome them one at a time 
The problems hurriedly started piling up,
I felt agitated over a period of time

It was by all odds a gruelling progression,
I had no other choice but to face them
Each problem taught me a new lesson,
Each problem scraped my coarse wisdom 

I learned a great deal from my problems,
Soon they started to diminish as I endured them
Now I welcome them with open arms,
They have taught me how to live with them

–RP

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Insomniac Nights

Engulfed in the silent dark night,
I talk to my conscience and fight
To prove my guilty desires right,
I argue with my conscience all night

The voices inside my head,
Echo all through the sleepless night
Changing my sides on the bed,
I keep waiting for the morning sunlight

A new dawn brings back the daylight,
I feel restless after the night long fight
I drag myself out to face the light,
Prepare for another long insomniac night.

-RP

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The Storm and the Men

The storm in front of their eyes was brewing with a rage
But the men were assiduously building ships for a new voyage

The storm broke out one afternoon and wrecked their ships
It destroyed their hopes and destroyed their dreams

They hid behind the broken walls of an abandoned old house
It found a way to intrude through the cracks of the walls

They held each other’s hands and started singing a song
The wrathful storm incensed all day and all night long

The long night came to an end, the morning sun shined at dawn
A bright ray through the broken walls found its way to the men

The drenched men stood on their feet and opened the broken door
Devastated to see their broken ship they looked at each other in despair

Then they picked up the tools and started building the ships again
Before the sun sinked at dusk, the ships were ready to sail again

-RP

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Shut up Please !

Shut up please, stop making that annoying noise
It drives me crazy, that sound of your voice

All the gibberish words and nonsense long talks
If I tell you honestly, nothing makes any sense

Keep calm and think in silense for a moment
Give it a thought before you make any judgment

God has given us all a voice, dogs don’t bark all day
Lions don’t roar every moment, why you have so much to say?

I know you are a human, a lot wiser than the other species
With a little rational thought, you can make a big difference

-RP

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Sometimes

Sometimes people help others to feel good about themselves
Sometimes they hurt themselves for redemption of their sins

Sometimes I look at the sky and stare at the stars for hours
Sometimes I laugh aloud for I’m bored with all the sorrows

Sometimes they kill millions to make their voices heard
Sometimes we choose courage when left with nothing else to trade

Sometimes we follow the herd hoping they are always right
Sometimes we embrace the hatred in weakness or in fright

Sometimes we hurt those who care for us, because we don’t care
Sometimes we cry alone in the night for no one around to share

Sometimes I want to walk away from this filthy place
Sometimes I wish to find a place with only goodness

-RP

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Revolution

Day is prevailing over night ending the eternal darkness
The revolt that raged has destroyed the kingdom of tyrants

The king is abandoned and the army is fallen back
Holding torches of fire the insurgents are marching forward

Strokes of the hammer that shaped their helpless courage
Slowly Melting down to liquid with the rallying rage

Flag of freedom is waving in the wind of liberation
With the liberated beliefs its flourishing a new civilisation

-RP