Darkness spreads,
the moon starts to shine,
twinkling stars are the audience,
the breeze brings chills,
The flame still burns,
the wax melting,
the flame flickers,
fighting against over powering odds,
weakening as the breeze picks up…
More hands needed,
More cover needed,
We shall be the shields…
We shall be the knights…
This blog is an effort to help. Help India, to help ourselves. Because if we dont do it, no one will. Anyone with an urge to do more than just be a bystander to the carnage and mayhem that wrecks the parts of our country everytime we have a disaster causes by external elements or through natural causes, can help.
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The last leg of Rahul Dravid's fantastic Cricket journey begins... and I am hopeful of it being a huge run churner season for him and more importantly for Team India. 
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YES,
“We shall be the shields…
We shall be the knights…”
Beautiful, beautiful … moving words. Am linking this one to my new post.
Thanks… glad you like it… and hope more and more people keep the flame in their hearts burning..
Simple, profound and very moving..
Shall tell the kids about this at school on Tuesday…
I love the metaphor you have used!!!
Thanks IHM..
Lovely poem. The sentiment is so beautifully expressed
Great hope. I suffer from the same HOPE_SYNDROME OF OUR DAYS.
Came to your space from IHM’s. And this poem is wonderful.
May we all have this strength!
Beautiful lines, Dhiren.
Very much right for the present situation.
More hands needed. more cover needed”
nice.
Beautiful lines Dhiren!and so moving!and they do give hope!
”We shall be the shields…
We shall be the knights…”
specially in the context that you wrote them….
You write beautifully!
absolutely loved it.Thanks for leading me here:)
wow hitchu! this is just awesome…. i loved the thought and how u rendered it!!!
the last lines were just sooper!
erm….so U said u have no talent in poems..
itna modesty hitchu…no suiting!!!
it was beautiful! when r u writing next poem??
Lovely lines. I remember we were very upset after the 26th Nov terror attacks…
Hw meaningful Hitchu!
Beautifully written dhiren