DEFENDERS IN DISGUISE

''You are henceforth liberated!'' The echo resounded

In the streets of the Indian towns and cities.

The excitement shimmered in the eyes

Of every pauper and slave hitherto surrendered

And all the wealthy and nobles so privileged.

They celebrated the freedom the amplifiers declared,

With no limits, hoping to lose it never;

It paraded through the streets but vanished someday.

Never did we know it was just a mirage

That would last for only days, like ephemeral memories.

 

Freedom struggles have ended, we thought,

But they came endless under pretense.

Repressions everywhere I go and make a living;

The British oppression was better in effect, many felt.

Liberty found no leeway to express herself;

Disguised, she stayed among us, losing her identity.

She was freed  but to merely fall into unsafe hands;

Promises to keep her were just as fraudulent.

It was the pleasure of power, not of freedom,

That entertained and lured her keepers.

 

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