Thursday, October 25, 2012

the titled people


When we were born
We were given ordinary names
It is recorded in our birth certificates
We are known throughout our formative years

Sometimes we have our nicknames
Classmates and friends shared it with bondship
Right through the society structures
When some will break away

Along the journey
Old friends are left behind
New friends are found
The living structures flourish

Titles earned or honoured
Knighted for political considerations
The ball games have changed
These titled people try to project a privileged few

They want to be addressed
The titles they have been installed
Even old friends and childhood buddies
They too aren't given leeway

The peacock standing
For the duration of their lives
It is sad they have forgotten
The basic teaching while growing up years

It is better to be in God's book
It is better to have nothing to inherit God's paradise
Man's world is full of twisted jargon of juke box
When the final curtains fall it is your registered name

The angels will call
When you walk to heaven's gate
You have no title; you have no airs
You are just waiting for God's grace

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