The Choice is Struggle
To run for a top-notch career
or lead the struggling people?
a path illuminates in front of Devendra's eyes
he steps on it to join in
to lift the tillers out of the dark pit
Landlords are owners of the land
the tiller plows the rice field
for twenty-five percent of the harvest
that hammers the tiller to live like slaves
Devendra's father cringes
the picture of their bending backs
planting the saplings
he opts to raise the share to fifty percent
but his peers with their red eyes ostracize him
Devendra takes up the task
of working for dressing up their lives.
his childhood playmate Jui chimes in
they plan and jump into the struggle mode
living in a hut in the tillers' area
Jui's Father, the arch-enemy of Devendra's Father
spreads the net of violence and the threat of death
Devendra and Jui are not deterred
nestled in the hut surrounded by threats
of attacks and terror strikes
but they don't throw up.