Sweat after Life
Jodha Chandra Sanasam *
A pleasure it is to walk.
Times many I've heard
doctors prescribing brisk walk half an hour a day.
No chance ever I had all these years
to have a long walk.
Day after tomorrow
Nepal will proclaim its constitution,
turmoil in this country abound,
it has been going on for the last two-three months.
Brouhahas for individual benefits,
feuds in tribal, racial lines,
in the name of collective rights,
roadblocks, vehicles on fire,
a grinding halt of life.
Constitution brought up only now, my surprise!
My Manipur had its constitution in 1947 CE
a couple of years ahead of Republic of India.
Transpired in the air today,
violence extreme it will be.
Fear lurched in me.
The car my office gave me
we did not dare to drive out.
The especial conveyance arranged by office
I did not ask either for it.
We walked up to our
institute,
a lane lengthy, a portion of the main road two kilometers,
and a last leg of broad entrance-road, one hundred metres.
A pleasure it was I considered,
good it is to train ourselves,
walking long distances.
The end of everything if after death it is,
well and good for me.
They say our souls got to meet God after death.
Would some Superman take us,
or would some modern spacecraft do,
or some heavenly chariots?
I know for sure, some fellowmen,
well versed with the art of reading faces
and deals in give and take on magnanimous heights,
they will get lifts on some extra special spacecrafts.
Souls of people, plain like ours,
may have to walk a long journey
to reach the gate of God.
To train ourselves to have long distances
a good preparation it is
for sweat after life.
* Poem written by Prof Jodha Chandra Sanasam for Hueiyen Lanpao (English Edition)
This poem was webcasted on January 25, 2015.
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