A WORK OF ART

Hello to the reader, greeting from my heart,
Now, I will describe something, keeping description apart,
It’s something very nasty but a very rare view,
Not many can understand it, as details are few
But I bet you will be thrilled and excited if you are smart
Ahh, yes I will write about an exceptional work of art
It’s nothing but a painting, an awesome molded piece
Made by a soldier, who’s now enjoying eternal peace
It looks like a window, which opens in vivid space
With sun shining bright, and birds flying with pace

Yet another closer look, your mind will get a loop
The sun is marked 60, and birds form different group
In between there are dark clouds trying to overshadow sun
Still the birds seek height, seems to have good fun
With a snowcapped mountain and river with no name
It also has a vast desert, occupying the other side of frame
Covered by deep blue water on “3” consecutive sides
I see a man and a loin on which the man rides
I also saw a peacock’s dancing without rain
“What all crap is this”, I thought one again

Another look to the painting, took me to surprise
There were also some couples
who looked aged , happy and wise
Some men wore turban and “kurta paijama” bright
Some other looked Brahmans, wearing dhoti white
There were also some patches of rice wheat and stuff
These all meant something
but to guess the theme was tough
A woman holding charkha, and another with laptop
There was also a postman, holding mobile and waiving top
And all of them were walking towards a golden pole
The man on loin was leading them to the goal

My dear reader countrymen, haven’t you guessed the theme
The painting is not nasty,
it reflects the ages through which we have been
The top of golden plate had the tricolor Indian flag
My eyes went wet, as emotions I couldn’t bag
The sun marked 60 shows the year, we are free
Group of birds are religions,
branches of the same Indian tree
Patches of wheat and pulses, made the” INDIA” word
And dark clouds were obstacles, trying to part the birds
Charkha to laptop is the transformation we have seen
Desert and mountain showed
the “THAR” and “HIMALAYAN” queen
3 sides water are nothing but the oceans around
Now as I guessed the theme, my joy felt no bound

Hail to the painter he’s patriotic indeed
For he showed over mother land 60 years since freed
Come along, my countrymen, let’s take a holy pledge
We will strive towards excellence from edge to edge
We are the best no doubt, now it’s our turn to rule
Let’s work hand in hand and enlarge the talent pool
May our spirits be high higher than any peak
For ours is now the era, we are no more weak
This is not the ending, it’s just another start
I wish I could show you this beautiful work of art