POWERMONGERS - ‘rishi’ (Latha Ramakrishnan)

 POWERMONGERS

‘rishi’

(Latha Ramakrishnan)

In the name of being

‘The Voice of the Voiceless’

they become your voice

and decide your choice.

They want you to be dumb;

they turn you mum;

thereby you are forced to become

the mouthpieces of those some.

They say ” come” and you come;

They say ‘go’ and you go;

They say “yes”

and you turn their chorus.

They say “no” and you echo.

They say “less” when they mean ‘more’;

and’ three’ when they mean’ four’;

and you trust them

as ever before.

Climbing up the ladder

with greed-driven vigour

they train you to call

Salt – Sugar;

They brainwash you into believing

Poison - Nectar

All the while

keeping you under their evil spell

they claim to be your guardian angels.

All is well

as long as you do what they tell......

If by any chance you see the real ‘they’

and try to have your say

marking you as their target

to be wiped out

they try to buy your quiet

at all cost;

all too fast.

Aghast

at last

when you rise in revolt

they either slit your throat

or see you off with their gun shot.