Sharing a Poem by Sukhamrit on Diwali (2010)

Diwali!

I fell ill on Diwali

I can’t tell you anything  to delight!

The Festival of light

Lights our eyes

And blackens our lungs!

 I huffed and I puffed

I wheezed and heaved

Could hardly breathe!

However with baited breadth
I await  a festival I dread!

I cough I sputter

Need the nebuliser

My intense desire to burst crackers

Beckons me !

 Under the watchful  eyes of my anxious folks

Amidsts the smog

With smarting eyes

I am hemmed in by the beauty of

Smoked candles ,diyas,sparklers ,

Psychedaellic lights on the buildings around ..

I set out to partake in the celebrations

Of dhoom dharak with my waiting friends!

The growing populace

Contributing to the din

Akin to a battlefield !

Festival to brighten the world I wonder?

Sure is a festival of pollution ….ponder

My friend ponder!!!!!