Sheep Poem by Devesh Path Sariya

Sheep



Sheep lack both—
the ability to choose the right leader
and the courage to overthrow the wrong one.

And as history tells,
These traits are also rare
in humans.

Humans must first
Untangle their courage
from their etiquettes
Before learning
the lesson of discipline
from sheep.

(Translation from Hindi by Shivam Tomar)

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem was originally written in Hindi by Devesh Path Sariya. It is translated into English by Shivam Tomar. We have a proverb that says one should not follow a leader like a herd of sheep. But, are we any different? What can we fix and what can we learn from the sheep? This poem is about that.
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