THE DEVIL WITHIN <br /> <br /> <br />I am a person of ideals and principles, he says; <br />And a true human being, he says. <br />And he drives back home in a hurry, <br />Crosses the signal so red, <br />Rebukes a cyclist riding slow, <br />Parks his car in no park zone, <br />And walks to the doorway, ‘all alone’. <br /> <br />I am a kind person, he says; <br />Polite in speech and thoughts, he says. <br /> <br />Meets his maid servant in the kitchen, <br />And does he complain of what all she’s not done; <br />Ignores what she has, what she ever has. <br /> <br />Comes to his room, oh there is the mirror; <br />Pride and glee, overflowing. <br />Oh yes! He is a higher ‘caste’; <br />Oh yes! He is ‘born’ so ‘rich’ <br />He is not like that ‘dirty’ maid servant, <br />Who is an absolute criminal; <br />She is a sinner for sure, oh yes! She is; <br />She was born a lower ‘caste’, had meagre means; <br />What more a crime! What more a sin! <br /> <br />I am a ‘just’ man, he says; <br />All humans are ‘equal’ and same as ‘me’, he says <br /> <br />And then the TV, switch it on; <br />Oh! He likes her, likes her a lot; <br />Oh! He wants her, though fantasy it seems. <br /> <br />I love my wife a lot, he says <br />She’s the only woman on my mind, he says. <br /> <br />And oh please! Do believe him, <br />Coz he is so honest, so proud, not shy; <br /> <br />And then he sleeps, the next day is here <br /> <br />I am a person of ideals and principles, he says; <br />And a true human being, he says. <br /> <br />The ‘he’ is ‘me’. <br />The ‘he’ is ‘you’. <br />The ‘he’ is ‘we’. <br />And there is a devil within. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Swapan Deep Singh Nagpal <br />April 2009<br /><br />Swapan Deep Singh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-devil-within/
