{INSPIRED TO WRITE IN THIS FORM AFTER READING <br /> KARIN ANDERSON'S 'BUTTERFLY MAGIC'} <br />[ a poem of ten lines syllable count equating <br /> to line number] <br /> <br />then, <br />nation <br />India <br />got it's freedom <br />not through violence <br />it was through ahimsa <br />no arms and ammunition <br />a tribute to humanity <br />a mahatma brought out the human <br />humanity addressed humanity <br /> <br />after sixty years of independence <br />the leader addressing the nation <br />stands behind bullet protection <br />parade of troops showing strength <br />detectors showing fear <br />fear addressing fear <br />fearless trait then <br />a nation <br />with fear <br />now <br /> <br />[ ahimsa - non violence] <br />[mahatma - a great soul GANDHI]<br /><br />Samanyan Lakshminarayanan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-rise-and-fall-of-humanity-india-s-freedom-a-double-etheree-poem/