Great poets were not honoured when they were alive; <br />But after death they live immortal in the hearts of many! <br />Shelley, Keats, Voltaire and Bharati are some to quote; <br />They fought for freedom of the nation till the end of life! <br /> <br />Why has God created me with glowing knowledge? <br />Why has forgotten to use it for the welfare of mankind? <br />Can anyone create beautiful musical instrument, guitar <br />And throw it in the dust bin along with other wastes? <br /> <br />“Tell me, ” says so Poet Bharati, “O Goddess Sivasakti! ” <br />Then there were only four friends to do funeral service; <br />From them only about the great poet is known to the world! <br />This is the fate of great poets that follows so for all poets! <br /> <br />Why the fate of poets does not change even today here? <br />For, their creative power is doubted as atheists doubt God!<br /><br />Ramesh T A<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fate-of-poets/
