They will march inside your heart too.

You have always thought of them

as shadow people who would give up

before the end of the game.

You have taken them for granted.

It’s just the fifth day

and the wizardry of words

coming out of your regal mouth.

You wait and see

how shaken will be your palace’s pillars stout.

Grabbing their rights is the only way

they know and for negotiation…a big

no. Perhaps you have forgotten

that those, who feed, better be put away from pain.

But why should you all know?

You have your darling doing rooted

on your skull

firmer than any tree

and that’s how to rig…

You just wait

as your fate ticking.

Since they have reached the Capital

they will march inside your heart

too with soiled feet and dirt

for your conscience even if it’s narrow.

They have been carrying

the life upon their head

braving the sun and rain,

yet how dare you think of them shadow…

instead!

                                                           ~ Pratik Mitra

                                                                Kolkata, India