Freedom At Midnight Poem by Sathya Narayana
Freedom At Midnight
At the stroke of twelve; midnight
we earned freedom! Well! We did it!
We waited, waited, waited, waited
we waited not just six hours for dawn,
but alas for sixty five years in vain.
Very few dredged the darkness to fetch the light;
but many spewed venoms to stretch the night.
Terrorists, factionists and fanatics
gained the reins of the reign in dark
to run their rackets free of any fetters
while remained our leaders, indolent,
insolent, corrupt and inept with no intent
to direct and correct the groping multitude.
Commoners too care not the dark nor feel any remorse
even if the long waited day-break
starts with a longest solar eclipse.
They preferred smug slumber and lives with no bother
and forgot sans doubt with perfidious conceit
the blood and sweat shed by our great founding fathers.
Fumbling are we still in gloom to untie many a Gordian knot!
Oh God! Save my country from all these Stygian fogs!
Strong urgent dose of patriotism to treat our country.Hats off 10+++++......Thanks a lot Sathya
a very powerful and patriotic poem. i hope if everyone realizes this, then life will become easy and the purpose of freedom will be achieved. surely a 10 for this gem.
Truth of life.....Inspite of all the bickerings saare jaha se accha hindusthan hamara.let us all make it still better place to live.possible with right education.Ignorance is the root casue of all those demons dwelling in human minds. Very well crafted poetry depicting the harsh reality.
Sathya, salute to your patriotic insight, Incredible India, a rich resourceful intellectual nation, even after years of freedom, struggles.. world's largest democracy's powerful failure.. we allow our system to be like in a way non reactive minds.. voices cut of... ministerial politcal webs... why dont people of India wake up to set right the constitutional principles.. inspirational 10 Rema
" At the stroke of twelve; midnight we earned freedom! Well! We did it! We waited, waited, waited, waited we waited not just six hours for dawn, but alas for sixty-five years in vain." Loved the stanza... and am reminded of the grueling past that tormented the vast swath of Indian peninsula under the predating power... Thanks
Sathya jee This poem shows how powerful your imagination and observations! wonderful composition! ! ! ! .......10++++
But still we are saying 'Mera Bharat Mahan' It's time to introspect for us. Nice writing! Please comment on my made in india
i echo Greenwolf's words and add your plea is real, it comes through clear. We do not need fanatics in our world. A excellent write 10++++
After reading this, I couldn't imagine not giving it a 10. The reference to the knot at the end was wonderful. That is exactly the way to put it. GW62
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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11/18/2025 3:19:56 AM # 1.0.0
A well written heartfelt piece thankyou for sharing Chris