Nepotistic Paradise
Now that I am nearing sixty
And life is rapidly and secretly passing away from me
If accounts are to be made about my
performances
Towards my mother-state and fellow friends
I could but say —
That I did the best to them all anyway
Growing old is a delightful journey that I find
And retiring life a perfect dimension for
future of mine
With failing powers and seeping-in infirmities
I pass on the burdens to my fellow brethren
The burdening responsibilities that are to be
Which at all do no more rest upon me
I envily respect the commands of high command
Which evidently cherry-picks those myrmidon
bulls and cows
And mandates them for carting ploughing and milks
I too am frowningly admire those high orders
That destined me to retard and earn a-few-little
Nevertheless with peace of mind and good respite
Now finally have I decided for a peaceful retire
Because I have left this nepotistic paradise
before due date
And am retreating into a larger and grander
life for good..
Ronald S Sangma (Nagrapa)
A song unheard
She’s not an ordinary girl,
She’s beyond extraordinary;
She’s a girl with dreams,
A girl with vision
The world needs to see.
She’s not from Hollywood,
Neither is she from Bollywood;
She comes from a simple state,
A world where dreams are often
Broken rather than made.
A girl with a vision to unite,
Nation with nation to end the fight.
She said, “Maybe, I’m just a little girl
But you know what,
I’m going to change the world!”
She believes that doctor, engineers, officers,
Billionaire and millionaire are not as great as her.
They can only be great if they can celebrate
The pain, yes the pain
That pierces into the eyes of those being hated.
You may ask, “Who have been hated?”
She answered, “Those who uniqueness they crave,
Those who in this earth find no place;
For they believe in the philosophy of
individuality,
And dream of when to set the bird free.”
She’s on a difficult mission,
A mission of living her passion.
Yes, that’s her, a brave little girl,
With a vision that the world
Got a whole lot to embrace.
Naphilakmen Syiemlieh
