She Wanted To Be A River Poem by Neela Nath Das
She Wanted To Be A River
She was a fountain
Vibrant with life's
Fresh energy, a girl
Of fifteen, a teenager.
She wanted to be river,
To get united with the sea.
There was one famous line
From Shakti Chottopadhay's poem,
'If I be a river..........'
In her diary.
She was a symbol of protest.
A girl of fifteen how could
She know, beasts don't know
The language of poem, protest?
She roared 'cause they alleged
Her father on a false allegation.
The two-legged animals forced
Her to spit and lick it.
Then they abducted the girl.
The hellish beasts didn't want
Her stay in this world anymore.
They scratched and bit her,
Raped and killed.
Her body was found beside
The rail-line, naked
Without a piece of cloth.
She wanted to be river,
She was a fountain.
Her dead body is now burning
Beside the bank of a river.
She was fifteen,
She wanted to be a river!
A very impressive description of a bud who was forcibly plucked, abused and was crushed by the human like beasts, Neela has painted this picture in a manner that praise with my heart and soul.If it would be possible I would have rated this poem as 100 out of 10.
Poignant indeed. She wanted to be the river......in river her ashes dd get submerged.....but why a teenage or any other suffer this fate....what has our society come to! .....sometimes I feel ashamed of being a male.
Buds destroyed before they blossom, rivers blocked in their course without allowing them to run into the ocean! Such unfortunate incidents are grievously repeated all over India... Nowhere else in the world, a young girl is left so helpless, so brutally violated! A moving write!
Thoughtful write Neela. Thanks for sharing with us the cruelty which an innocent girl of fifteen year suffered. There are many such cases going every now and then and will go on as long as beasts continues to live among us. Loved the way you presented this poem.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/25/2024 11:27:37 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Much too dark for me In the end, all will balance All rain drops eventually make it to the sea