In Search Of Enlightenment Poem by Amitava Chakraborty

Ignited once thee the undistinguished lamp
To disperse ominous darkness from our narrow mind
When immersing civilization gasping with its earth sons,
How invigorated they were with thou divine kind!
When looming superstition at each pore in society,
Decrepit medieval India bemoaned in the custody of exploitation,
Thou immortal doctrine showed us the path of enlightenment,
Remember thee so we today Lord Buddha-the pioneer of liberation.

When the voice of untouchables sounded an empty vaunt
And rights to equality evaluated a farce,
Thou nectar dogma supplied us new verse
Demolishing the wall of evil division, a long-years curse.
When the trembling poor sheep would await
In the butcher’s row for inhuman slaughter
Thou auspicious chant of non-violence & compassion
Arouse our conscience washing out bloody hands thereafter.

Searching so for thy sacred foot prints anarchists we,
The ungrateful siblings of modern century.
Entangled unfortunates in the chain of salvation
Lose words of protest against exploitation & devils’ furry.
Look at thou offspring today jubilant in bathing barbaric bloodshed
Where war among humane brothers exposing with distorted fraternity.
Tormented fellows suffocating again in poisonous vapor,
Pray so for thy resurrection Buddha for the rebirth of humanity.




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