I ran home in the heavy downpour.
The roads were deserted and quiet.
Sitting in the balcony, enjoying my cup of tea,
while the rain had become soft and polite.
All I saw was one person
driving on, his big, old bike.
Behind his back was a small family
with a shed, covering their head, on some height.
While the Bearer of Tired Feet was all wet and exhausted
and the rich were enjoying their parties at night.
The rain gave it’s way to the bright sunshine,
when I decided to have a walk nearby.
My eyes went to the lustrous ring of the man
or the lady giving her heels a try.
But, the thing that really touched my heart
was the man who had shoes to rely.
Sitting on a cloth, his pocket thinnest of the thin,
still, so content, he wasn’t about to cry.
Was the Wizard of Polish, giving each footwear
a new and fresh breath of life.
The next stop I stopped on
was a beautiful, flowered, green park.
I sat on the bench beside the pond
hearing the beautiful song of lark.
The view I saw forward was heaven
having the brightest fate, there wasn’t a spot of dark.
My eyes gave their way to the lady with the broom,
even trying to clean the dust on the bark.
This Beautician of Cities was lifting the curtains
from the hidden gems of the land mark.
I had tons of walks in the past,
but, this one was the most important.
The reason lied in the fates of these people
who were poorest of all, still so content.
Who deserve to be among the rich,
still, respect in their lives is totally absent.
Oh! Believe me, friend, it’s just their fate,
so, please don’t make them feel like taking the responsibility of life was such an accident
Their job means to the world more than ours,
so, what’s the point of such useless and cruel assessment???
Glossary:
- deserted– (of a place)empty of people
- lustrous– shiny
- rely– (here) depend for a living
- content– satisfied
- lark– a brown coloured songbird
- fate– (here)luck
- bark– outer covering of a tree
- tons– a lot
- assessment– a judgement about the importance of someone or something
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