Wednesday, May 11, 2016

The Standing Candidate.



"Are you standing in the election?"
"Yes,I am, standing all the while,
When my leader keeps his larynx busy,
Waving to the crowd and vetting its emotion ,
If it were she, I should stand many steps away.
At times my leader would protrude his tongue,
Scolding me for not standing properly.
With folded hands I remain standing,
As a symbol of patience,resisting my rues.
The passion for power patronizes my patience.
The false smile on my fragile lips,
The begging pair of eyes that I hardly close,
Besides my acting arms and legs,
Are nothing but bogus preludes to
My swearing- in day, after which,
I will spread my wings of power to swagger.
If defeated, memories of my standing sessions,
Will stay as self made statues, slapping  my power dreams.
I was standing with the fond hopes of becoming
A sitting legislator,never to stand up and speak for a cause,
But at the next election I would resume my standing course.
My only grouse all through the standing campaign is that
I have never been allowed to stand at ease".
                                                              P.Chandrasekaran


  

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