CRISIS OF IDENTITY

In this country of millions

I am not alone.

In this part of the country

where thousands of citizens

spend their lives

I am not alone.

And for that matter

wherever in the world

I am not alone.

But the burning issue

of being left alone

or the agonizing problem

being left alone

what matters is the

crisis of identity

what matters is the

faceless crowds.

What matters is the agony of existence.

In any city, that which you or

I experience is the

lack of recognition, the quest for recognition

for which many

people crave for and go to very great lengths

In order to carve out

a niche for themselves among the citizens.

Either aim for

being famous  or notoriety.

In this world of

those who lead a movement

to force the colonialists

flee from the nation

or persons of administrative  acumen

or accomplished writers

and artists in various fields across the world

or the wicked rulers

who fought to the hilt

and fight to the hilt against the citizens

like Hitler, Mussolin,

Idi Amin et al, malevolent dictators they were

who too must have

nurtured the ambitions

of turning notorious abound

like one irrigating poisonous plants or trees.

Crisis of identity,

quest for recognition,

agony of existence

are among the

several problems of

the new era needling the mankind….