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Countrymen...
I am no one to say,
“Give me your blood,
And I will give your freedom!”
I am not a revolutionist, hey!
I want confidence for my good-
And will walk ahead of your Edom…
I won’t say that-
“My speech impediment,
is no hindrance!”
I am no Churchill in my hat!
I will prevent un-precedent-
And will be a good leader in consequence…
I am no one to deny,
“My political intensions,
that will be quite different from Lenin’s lane!”
You choose me and rely-
Let me serve for common apprehensions!
“Inside this PM, will be one of you countrymen…”
Composing a poem of this magnitude is a challenge for me and I am afraid to be someone to do that. However, I have tried my level best to work-out a plain script from the point of view of me. This one I wrote for a competition to compose such a one for the upcoming British general election slated 06.05.10. The attempt of mine is first of its kind and I have imagined a PM without any promises except his own vision as an individual, a one of its own kind among the countrymen. So this one belongs to any country, any candidate, and has a neutral flavor and maybe one of the reasons that I have never visited UK and know little about the political atmosphere there.
“Give me your blood,
And I will give your freedom!”
I am not a revolutionist, hey!
I want confidence for my good-
And will walk ahead of your Edom…
I won’t say that-
“My speech impediment,
is no hindrance!”
I am no Churchill in my hat!
I will prevent un-precedent-
And will be a good leader in consequence…
I am no one to deny,
“My political intensions,
that will be quite different from Lenin’s lane!”
You choose me and rely-
Let me serve for common apprehensions!
“Inside this PM, will be one of you countrymen…”
Composing a poem of this magnitude is a challenge for me and I am afraid to be someone to do that. However, I have tried my level best to work-out a plain script from the point of view of me. This one I wrote for a competition to compose such a one for the upcoming British general election slated 06.05.10. The attempt of mine is first of its kind and I have imagined a PM without any promises except his own vision as an individual, a one of its own kind among the countrymen. So this one belongs to any country, any candidate, and has a neutral flavor and maybe one of the reasons that I have never visited UK and know little about the political atmosphere there.
Published 17th Apr 2010
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Anonymous
20th Apr 2010 6:01pm
which perfectly conveys the narrator's sense of national identity. This verse is more British than most pieces by British writers:-)
21st Apr 2010 11:22am
Thank you very much Jack...you have relieved me...I was fearing some national sentiments while composing this one for a country without knowing it completely...
