Doors

To open closed doors strength is needed

But is strength alone enough

No we need courage

To face the challenge on the other side

But is courage alone enough

No we need hope

To believe that the best is yet to come

But is hope alone enough

No we need love

To share the joys and sorrows that arrive

But is love alone enough

No we need patience

To meet the demands of our loved ones

But is patience enough

No we need strength

To bear the pain of disappointing events

Between Strength & Strength lies our life

Which we negotiate with both joy and strife

Among all that's needed to get into fighting form

Days & nights filled with hope should be the norm

Lets hope for the days to come to fill our hearts with happiness

To give strength to all fighting the unknown pervading darkness

That these dark days in which we kept our patience shall turn to bliss

They will not dent  our courage or push us into an abyss

Ramanathan

Foolishness

Agreed it was our foolishness

to lie down on the track

But it was not our first foolishness

By building your roads, buildings & bridges

We believed we can rebuild our lives

By working in your society for your welfare

We hoped to fulfil our needs bare

That was a foolishness

We thought we were wage earners

by selling a decent day of labour

This virus has made us realise loud & clear

that you take us lesser than beggars

That was another foolishness

We trusted our masters to be humane

We trusted our Governments to be caring

We were left out cold in a closed lane

Locked out, hungry and lost our bearing

That was yet another foolishness

We faced our end because of our foolishness

Whatever little we had we lost in one stroke

Please understand our plight and helplessness

To realise this you need not be a bloke

Tomorrow one more brother will do the same mistake

Start to reach home by walk and follow the same route

Not because he is foolish but because his life is at stake

There is no choice to live a decent life within or withoute

Time for all concerned to realise

We are also humans just like you

Our lives are not cheap to trivialise

Treat us just like thou

We still hope that you are human enough

to understand and get our message through

An ode to the lost lives

Ramanathan. K