’Tis fifty-eight years since India turned afree! <br />Our homage to all freedom-fighters great; <br />The blood of martyrs won freedom ably; <br />‘Satyagraha’, ‘Ahimsa’ set the date. <br /> <br />The Nation’s Father, Gandhiji was brave; <br />He etched a place that none can ev’r surpass; <br />The peace-tilak, tricolor flag, he gave; <br />We tend to forget how he fought, alas! <br /> <br />India’s democracy’s exemplary; <br />We want the world to live in amity; <br />‘Peaceful Co-existence’ message, we carry; <br />We will preserve India’s integrity.<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-58th-indian-independence-day/
