Story of a Postman <br />- - - - - - - - - - - - - <br />Now you must be happy <br />For you are no more guilty <br />Absolved of stigma and guilt <br />You have been carrying since <br />You were young and barely thirty <br />Heard it with rapt attention <br />Though he could not believe it <br />As he was transported with emotion <br />To a zone palpable to none <br /> <br />Mists of clouds looming on <br />And he was seen shaking <br />With blank eyes wide open <br />And tears gathering to roll down <br />Oh, dad it is a truth <br />Not an iota of lie lying upon <br />Believe me I am your son <br />But never had I stolen <br />Nor have I been born with a mind <br />To plunder the wealth of my nation <br />And for no fault of mine <br />I had to face expulsion <br /> <br />Now with youthful days gone <br />I live in memory of yesteryears <br />Where I see smiling faces of my two sons <br />In poverty I lost them <br />And now I wish to join them in heaven <br />Oh, dad everything is over <br />You are now free from stain <br />Justice came late but not in vain <br />Live rest of life with God's grace <br />And forget what happened with no disdain <br />But how can I my son? <br />When I had not stolen <br /> <br />Rupees Fifty seven and paise thirty <br />As was the allegation <br />When I was very young and barely thirty <br />Oh, dad I am ashamed <br />And sometimes feel orphaned and cursed <br />Being born in this nation <br />Where crores of rupees siphoned off <br />And rupees fifty seven <br />In a court for thirty years lingers on <br />Till the day you will be left <br />With no energy to react on <br />I kept mum and felt tears moistening my eyes <br />As the story climaxed to an end <br />With no solution foreseen <br />By the son of a postman here in this land<br /><br />DEEPAK KUMAR PATTANAYAK<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/story-of-a-postman/
