Saswati Das features Oct 8, 2018

10/8/2018  Saswati Das hosted by Jim

Saswati Das, an engineer by profession and a poet by heart, lives in Milpitas, California, and writes poems and fiction in both English and Hindi. She publishes her poetry in local magazines and anthologies. She has recited her verses in cultural and poetry events such as Lit Crawl, 100k poets for change and Oakland Poetry Slam. She has published a poetry book in English captioned “Fragrant Flute of Fire” which is available in Amazon. She maintains a blog at www.kalpanain.blogspot.com.

Struggle for Liberty

Oh listen, listen to the voice,

For there the cuckoo cry-

We'll have to sail through the ocean of blood-

For the deep blue sky.

Here's misery and whips of tyranny,

Pains, pathos outcry-

There the bird of liberty and freedom

Throughout the day fly.

Exploit us they, our feet chained

But amidst darkness, the candle flames-

Every drop of blood that runs through the veins

Sings, Sings and says again-

Thousands of blazes is the demand of the day

Fight we must, die we may.

History of Justice always summons

Sweat, tears and martyrdom

Let’s measure the nights of mourn and sacrifice,

The brilliant sun there arise-

To heel our hearts and charm souls with gaiety

By the songs of love and liberty.