Remember what you hear today.
This waiting hall for grievances
Of people to the Government.
Remember stories that they share
With anger, anguish, helplessness,
Of how they live contingent on
The strokes of disinterested pens.
Remember what you heard those days
In waiting halls of hospitals.
Remember stories that they shared
With anger, anguish, helplessness,
Of how a life’s contingent on
The strokes of disinterested Luck.
At least, your life is not so bad.
You’re not as burdened by such debts,
Both social and financial.
At least, you have alternatives.
You’ve wealth enough to start again.
You’ve health enough to dare to start.
Be grateful for the luck you have.
At least, it isn’t quite so bad.
Minakhi Misra 