An Assasination: The Day I shot Gandhi
DISCLAIMER : DESPITE THE HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL TITLE THIS IA NOT MY OPINION ON ANY PERSON OR POLITICAL PARTY BUT MY INTERPRETATION OF NATHURAM GODSES FEELINGS ... 😊 And that was because this was one of my topics at a competition... Waiting for your feedback as always
In the early morning , as the sun rose
Blotting its colors to a deep red
In silence, the scene stilled
Some hearts filled with dread
I walked the streets in steps small,
As the temples, the bells rang in unison
Dead leaves cracked beneath my feet
In my hand I carried a Beretta, and in my mind , deadly poison
" Today I shall avenge for the wrongs
He did to my community " I swore
I knew everyone wanted it , desperate
And then the world would call "encore"
As I approached closer, an army of white
Men, women and children , waiting for the mahatma
"What did they know" I scoffed,in a few seconds
They would be praying for his aatma
The devout , the fervour and the submission
Made my soul toss about like amongst brambles
And then he entered , from a distance
And I thought " so the funeral assembles"
I rushed forward like a thunder cloud
Among the white fluffs on a sunny day
A girl frail, appealing , dared to block my way
"Of my noble mission, do not stop I pray"
And then the bullets rushed out
In heroic sway, not one or two but three
How I would have liked to wait more
But he cried "hey ram", and his soul went free
In a second the scene changed
He crumpled and fell like an old , dying tree
Tears rolled out , en masse, of grief of what they had lost
And I stood proud" I am he who killed Gandhi"
But there was no applause,no relief
Just a couple of hateful stares
I was out to save the country
Not everyone dares
They handcuffed me, lead me away
To a stone cold prison
And fate locked behind those doors
The trail, a mockery cause I knew of their decision
Within a year, prosecution
And they called me " he who killed Gandhi"
I lost my identity , a shot blurred "me"
What did they know? An ardent supporter I was
Of the man who killed me...
Mahadev And Sons
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