If you're the one with the trident
Kill me 'coz i wear a cap
I don't believe in your gods of stone
I have no saffron flag
Your folks were killed in front of your eyes
Their screams were all you heard
Forget the times when I touched their feet
Kill me 'coz I grow a beard
If you're the one in the Pathan suit
Kill me 'coz I have none
I dont chant prayers on a microphone
I don't fast for a month
A pervert raped your pregnant wife
And shot her in the head
Forget the Rakhi she tied on my hand
Kill me for my sacred thread
Kill me, brother, for I have sinned
Kill me 'coz my sin is great
Kill me because it was my choice
To be born in a different faith
Kill me 'coz you are only a man
And its human to be driven mad
To pay heed to the sensible mob
To follow...to be misled...
In memory of Late John Lennon
"You may say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one."
Nice, dude. It's been a while since I've read a poem I liked and I liked this one. :)
ReplyDeletenice poem indeed
ReplyDeletethank you :) this is my favourite poem that I have written :)
ReplyDeletetoo good yaar....you just reminded me of the one that I wrote long back but never posted
ReplyDeleteNice ..
ReplyDeleteBut I don't know why..
I was stuck by this quote by John Lenon while reading the poem..
"I don't believe in killing whatever the reason" :)
@ 時尚: errrr....alright!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
ReplyDeleteLennon was a great man...wish this world was a better place!
nice poem....
ReplyDelete@ nikhil: koi na bhai, ab toh post kar de...would love to read it :)
ReplyDelete@ BI: thanks for the appreciation and the effort to drop it in here :)
ReplyDeletethanks man...you know wot...we dont need any more lennons if we get his message right and spread it to the people we know...religion is not something we want and we cant live burdened with it...
ReplyDeletenutopia rocks!! \m/
Very good, Varun. Very very relevant with what's going on in Bareilly and Kashmir.
ReplyDeleteThe answers are blowing in the wind. It's the man who does not care.
Amazingly expressed...
ReplyDelete@ Shyam Sir: Bareilly inspired me to write this post...the biased videos on youtube and the tweets made me realize how easy it is to set fire to the volatile sentiments of a man...he doesnt look at the answers blowing in the wind!
ReplyDelete@ sneha di: shukriya! :) glad u liked it!
ReplyDeleteI found your blog from someone who was following it.
ReplyDeletefreakin Awesome blog!
Love the name, the Header and layout.
And about the post, freakin' brilliant!
@ Raghav: Thanks, dude! Appreciation always feels good :) Keep in touch.
ReplyDelete@ Ankesh: Sirji aapne galat samajh liya shayad..killing is never the solution...i just tried to play around that!
ReplyDeleteAwesome dude.
ReplyDeletethanks sirji! Welcome to my world!
ReplyDeleteVery touching.Very apt.
ReplyDeleteBahot sahi bhaiya. I wish more and more people come and read this so that they stop and think about how easy it is to manipulate them.
Rspect.
Thanks bro...I too wish the same...lennon too wished the same...its too easy wishing and writing such lines...but when it happens to us, if we can stay strong and do not flinch, dats being a man!
ReplyDeleteDude...it's soooo hard hitting..I an gonna forward this link to as manuy people as I know. Very relevant to the present context. Glad to find concern and similar sentiments among the youth :-)
ReplyDeleteThat would truly be nice of u (: I hope the message reaches a larger audience...Thanks (:
ReplyDeleteIshwar allah tere jahan mein nafrat kyun hai, jung hai kyon?
ReplyDeleteTera dil to itna bara hai, insa ka dil tung hai kyon?
bahot sahi, bhai, dil jit lia!
dil tang nahi bhaijaan, pareshani ye hai ki dil bachcha hai...kisi ki baaton ein aa jaata hai!
ReplyDeleteshukriya!!
All I can say is that you hit the nail on the head. We need something radically peaceful, however oxymoronic it might sound!
ReplyDeleteThanks! However oxymoronic, I fully agree! It wasnt unintentianally ironic that the "peace-post" was titled "Kill Me". Radical is the need of the hour!
ReplyDeletebeautiful! for a moment i was stunned at what i was reading but then it all made perfect sense very soon to me.
ReplyDeletesorry..i suck wen it cums 2 poetry...so bear my poor wannabe poems...
ReplyDeletekill me for becoming an instant fan of this poem...
ReplyDeletekill me for alling in love with this this guy...
oh kill me, already...
@ jitsy: Na na, you do okay!! Try ur hand out at poetry on ur blog...I'm sure you'll rock at it as well!! Thanks a lot! (:
ReplyDeletenaa..u read my college days n smile....strictly.....primary scool types...m bettr suitd to romantic n life-related stuff....for rhymes in emotions,il switch to ur blog...
ReplyDeleteArre it cant get more primary-school than this(http://thesleepinginsomniac.blogspot.com/2008/06/spare-me-for-making-you-rad-this-shit.html) Sorry for sharing this link...honestly!!
ReplyDeleteTo each his own...I still suggest you try poetry...rhymes are secondary...let it flow!! (:
will try...b d frst to comment n leeme knw how shitty it is if i evr get d nerve n courage 2 embarass myself dat way...:P
ReplyDeletelol...i'll be der to comment...dats for sure...I never not comment on reading (:
ReplyDeletewhoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!...yeah,ur poems do inspire me a bit...but i do hope to use betr words dan dose(no offense)....not mysterical!!!!!.........ROLMAO....i jus cnt stop laughin...but if dat was u in 7 n 8 grade..did your parents know den dat there was they had givn birth to a gr8 writer in making???
ReplyDeleteLOLLLL!!! I'm sure you would use better words than 'mysterical'. Those are masterpieces in thier own right!!
ReplyDeleteAnd my parents always knew they've got a loon..not by choice!! poor em! (;
hahahhaaaaa.....a artistic loon though...
ReplyDeleten yeah you're right they're masterpieces....how many ppl cn say dat dey hav made AND usd their own formd words???...u got full copyrights for them...
hehe...\m/ MY words!!! me a proud papa now!
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say!
ReplyDeleteTook my breath away!
And I'm not gay!
Yay!
Joke apart, very appropriate, very tuching :)
But the comments above gave some real comic relief! :DD
ReplyDeletelol! Thanks man...My fave this one!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure they did :P
ReplyDeletegreat work..
ReplyDelete(: thank you, ji!
ReplyDelete