TODAY -
Faint Cries
Maxstone Irom *
All eyes watching a faraway war,
It is over and nothing more
the cheering and satisfaction fills once more.
The leaders praised what they have done for,
The media counts their TRP flow...
But who remembers the cries from Manipur
bleeding still, under the clear skies.
Two long years, the wounds run deep,
While the nation drifts into peaceful sleep.
Mr. DiMo never set his foot,
stayed deaf and dumb, still he is.
The people suffer, day by day,
In shadows where no leaders stay.
Three months now, President's rule —
But we're taught to live and bend with the rule.
From fire and fear, we do not flinch,
Each day we stretch, we grow an inch.
Political voices that once would shout,
Now in silence, drowned in doubt.
Are we still meant to break and bend?
Is this the pain that has no end?
Yet in the dark, hope twinkles
A stubborn soul that softly grows.
For even when the world turns blind.
We hold our homeland in our heart and mind.
* Poem written by Maxstone Irom for The Sangai Express
This poem was webcasted on 26 May 2025 .
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