CHANGING TIMES

Memorials were built

for the dead

still being built for

the dead

in memory of

the indelible imprints

they left on earth

during  their life-time.

Descendants who

worship them, respect

them, love them,

to cherish their memories

build memorials for

them.

Schools are born

auditoriums are born

libraries and study centres

are born,

Gardens are born

with full of

variety of flowers

which spread scent

all around

roads are named after

them

statues are created for them

even temples and museums

are created for them

to cherish their memories.

Times have changed

we are  living in strange

times.

Nowadays memorials are

built for the living

by the living themselves

for posterity

to remember them, to recall them.

They know well

memorials won’t be built

for them

after they are gone

they know well

their unworthiness

they know well

the wicked things

they commit during

their existence on

this earth

still they build

memorials for themselves with the

tainted wealth

they amass.

No one will be

there to love them

worship them, respect

them

still memorials

arise  in

the nook and cranny

of the land

what for?

They dare not introspect. 

We the ordinary

mortals

never think of

never dream of

creating memorials

for ourselves

anyone seen

even a single memorial

for the common man,

anywhere on earth

Lucky to be a common man.

Lucky to be the offsprings of ordinary parents.