How many candles <br />Did they light for you <br />My friend <br />How many bouquets <br />How many teddy bears <br /> <br />Did children <br />Or their parents <br />Did teenage school kids <br />Did celebrities <br />Did activists <br />Hold vigils in your memory <br /> <br />Did they know that you <br />Once lived <br />Did they know you were killed <br /> <br />It was a lonely death <br />But perhaps it was a lonely life <br /> <br />No one noticed <br />For it was not your tragedy <br />That you died <br />It was your tragedy <br />That you were a poet <br /> <br />Rest in silence <br />My friend <br />The media will leave you alone <br />As they cover your killer <br /> <br />But then who killed you <br />When did your spirit die <br /> <br />To you my friend <br />I raise a toast <br />And I am the only one <br /> <br />Cheers <br />From one dead poet <br />To another <br /> <br />Pratip <br />25 October 2007<br /><br />Pratip Sen Gupta<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-many-candles-in-remembrance-of-madhumita-shukla-poet/
