as
shadows do
longer
by the hour;
smiles
will not grow wider
for
the yawn of dream and reality
collapses
fast in dream-fade
and
in that short road to adulthood
smaller
footprints will show
that
life follows life
city
skyline grows higher
landscape
becomes art form
children
will smile
now
and then and again,
and
in the swift movement of nation
from
the here to there
of
design and architecture,
glitter
and ambience
poverty
remains alas
slow
of foot,
resilient.
*Pic by Rukshan Abeywansha
[Published in the 'UNDO' section of The Nation, April 22, 20112]
if one starts work towards a future that will sustain or towards sustainability then the signs of 'poverty' will fades away. Things like 'poverty' will not remain for so long. those are just situations that one can change for a better for sure. this is 'materialistic'measurement of this very popular subject called 'poverty'
ReplyDeleteand .....
if you try to analyze this word or the term 'poverty' in a totally different way one really can not assure of the results sometimes because the attitudes, thinking or other well established/stagnant inner qualities of a person can not be changed so easily and then such situations will remain forever. also i know that there is an unbreakable link between ones level of financial situation and the levels of ones thinking...... if one can not change internally then the idea of 'moving out of poverty' will remain only as a dream that do not become 'realistic'
'the poor we will always have with us'- an undeniable truth.
ReplyDeletewhat we really should have in a just society is equality of opportunity. And that will never be possible in a class and caste-ridden society. Mindsets have to change.