Entwined...The Freedom Ignored!!!

 Down the memory lane, across the nawab streets-
Running out of breath to catch the flying sheets;
Sheets of paper bearing the message of freedom-
Like the commitments of indulgence and innocent fathom;
Almost bare-footed and injured by the sudden pavements-
Sometimes with the scratches while the edge of the latchments;
Down the memory lane, along the nawab streets.


Down the memory lane, away the nawab streets-
There we crashed and she mended her traditional fleets;
It was that wonderful kite that got entwined in her locks-
The more the string was pulled, the more it tied in knots;
Like she wanted to protest but could not-
And there was no more longing for the reins well fought-
Down the memory lane, behind the nawab streets.

What is freedom when we actually talk about it?

Is it something what we please to do or is it something that we have not anticipated literally. The poem attempts to explore the significance of well sought freedom in all of our lives that we often fantasize. The backdrop is the cultured city in India, Lucknow where Kite flying is an important tradition to mark the country's independenc-day. The poem has some beautiful poetic moments when one is lost in individualistic chase for freedom. However, the poem turn-around takes place in the second stanza where freedom is sought no more when it is achieved and becomes complicated and entwined in relationships. One often stops at the threshold and realizes that this is not the freedom they have asked for. Freedom is depicted innocent in the poem like the cherished wish of a boy running to fly for his kite in the streets of Lucknow, least bothering of his chances of falling down or getting wounded.However, when his kite is stuck in the locks of a beautifiul lady, his wish is switched to some desire which is not the kite anymore for which he fought so well.