Protest
Sandeep T. G.
Asst.professor, Dept of English
Sree Kerala varma College
Thrissur-680011, Kerala.
Some protest with silent, sticky tongues
Coiled within a muted mouth…
Some with an arrogant finger
raised up against a saber…
Others with a daring chest
puffed with mutiny and death.
Making disruption possible
with the tumult of a hurricane,
a fearless fray with finality,
a bloody hammer knocking
the grey mounts of ignominy…
Some need arms that bleed violence
a brusque boot that stamps dust,
a rough voice that crumbles trust.
Even a stare- a protest.
Bleak faces, desperate,
migrating to a distant hemisphere
of desolation and thunder
wonder what a protest means, sounds like..
For them,
terrible is a scuffle with hunger, the Baron,
the bullet and the barrack…
Yet with a languid gaze
they proceed in awe
surpassing the sultry blood
that paint the signboards…