a happy diwali!

don't look uopn the child,
walking sullenly down the road...
wearing an old tattered gown,
starved,ill,all trodden down,
amongst the floodlit alleys of the majical town!

and why should you?
jostling for crackers and sweets in queue,
its a cold morning and its raining dew,
life has got different shades and hew...

its diwali and its the majic of light,
in rich savouries,you take a bite,
while over a bomb,the guys fight...
its all so perfect,you say...all so right!

don't see then,that boy,
hasn't got a rupee nor a toy,
don't help him,don't even try...
cuz you've to squeeze your purses dry.

the sky fills up in a million colurs,
and the faces of the children lighten-
why should one then go look for sorrow,
when everything seems to brighten?


afterall,the sunshine isn't for those,
those who cannot pay-
no diwali,no sweets...only rain,
for those who don't have anything the next day.

his face liven up at the sight,
teh crackers sparkling in a thousand light,
ventures to beg for one..the insolent mite!
they give him a thrashing,a quite big fight!!


and so ends diwali for him-
witha broken leg and eyesight dim...
not so for those proper and trim-
they have enjoyed it to the brim....
quite so,for now they reign supreme,
and for others?well...
a happy diwali or just a dream!