PUT ASIDE
- U. Mahendran
(India)
Don't carry what I don't want,
It is not that I can't.
It names me,
My within is your enemy!
You say I am disabled,
But let me tell you I am not
that you have,
You may wonder then what I am,
Let it be simple,
Before confirming what I am,
Let me teach what the simple
is all about.
You may not like me to teach
you,
But I have learnt from you
remember!
You think and assert that you are
fit,
Therefore only eligible to be
heard!
But how can I make you
understand I can speak like you!
But I have not told you what I
am,
Why should I tell you who I
am,
I cannot be rude like that.
Because you have shown who you
are.
So I should reveal myself to
you.
But simplicity is not yet
clarified right?
I said it is simple but cannot
be simplified!
I have no hesitation to say.
But your repeated recitation
is the reason for that, Don’t you know?
But I know that you only know
everything.
You refuse this accusation?
Then why you speak about me
when I can do it by myself?
The my in me is not
represented when you talk about me!
You hold lot of
responsibilities,
But it is always irresponsible
when I am being spoken by you.
It is Harsh, abusive and
offensive right?
I am not gazing at you with
anger!
That is your business.
But I could look through your
voice remember.
You are not bother about that
right?
But I am highly gifted with
that,
More than you,
Your eyes are my enemies,
I cannot befriend them.
Why should I? as they often
indulge in producing me!
You want me to sit like you:
Eat like you, walk like you,
Imitatively you expect me to
retain all your behaviours.
Oh God! can't you stop it?
We share the same world,
But my space is not entirely
mine you see.
I am not; rather I can't
control you,
But you always surveil me.
You build everything,
But I can only fit and adjust
to that.
You construct everything,
But I can either dash against
it or have to dwell in it right?
The path is mine but the road
is yours!
The letters are mine but the
engraving is yours!
The imagination is mine but
the explanatory projection is yours!
Your exterior is not at all
compatible with my interior what should I do?
With site and without
vision you can be,
But with vision without site
can't I be?
Really blessed you are because
you get every delight.
Left to me is fight or be
quiet.
So put aside what you have in
you about me,
Then take me beside, left and
right to you.
With my bright and with your
light, we can walk hand in hand.
Now let me tell you that I am
the Blind!
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