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By
Sheshu Babu
No Liberty
When human rights are violated
And even immigrant children not spared
What form of protest can restores dignity
Except climbing the ‘Statue of Liberty’?
Repression is at its peak
People are afraid to speak
Who can share the anger with humility
But the lifeless ‘Statue of Liberty’?
Knowing that it is not the right time
One can be booked for any act of crime
But still, to voice injustice with serenity
One way is to climb the ‘Statue of Liberty’
Even if authorities slap a prison sentence
Without any remorse or repentance
Bravo! Okoumou! Kudos for your brevity
In standing tall like the ‘Statue of Liberty’!
Young Environmentalists
Senator! You are not sensitive
Nor are you speculative
About the future damage
By your flawed policies of climate change
You may dismiss us small children active
Who are powerless, innocent but provocative
But we too can mobilize and compel
You to protect us from chaotic climate hell
We are more worried and concerned
Because we are the ones who are affected
We are the responsible future generation
Who can strive to make Earth worthy of human habitation
Sheshu Babu
The writer from anywhere and everywhere is interested in the betterment of the whole world. Whenever the writer ponders on the question ‘who am I?’ He finds response from Bhupen Hazarika lyric (Bengali),’Ami ek Jajabor’ (I am a gypsy).
Some works have appeared in Countercurrents.org, Dissidentvoice.org, Counterview.org, counterview.net, Velivada.com, etc.
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