Persistence of Silence
Already late, I jumped out of the bus, Before it stopped, And hurried to my class, half-a-league away. As I kicked the door, The statues enjoying the pin drop silence, Starred at me, as If I had haunted them. "Anything wrong?" I put a question, And checked myself - top to bottom. My dress was neat and fine, The pant's zipper was closed, Shoes were shining too. "Everything is fine, so who gives a damn." I answered myself, And head towards my bench, With the silence roaming around me. I waved to my neighbors, And again they were in silence, "What's going on?" I asked and nodded my head, The response was only a silence. Hell No! Was I disturbing their peace? "Avenge O' Lord!!!! Your fellow disciples, Have imprisoned their soul, freedom, and liberty, For the sake of vain futuristic promises, Sowed by the orthodoxies- centuries ago. The class is meant for the humans, How can it be so silenced??? A torture!!!!" Once used to be the days, We humans would bunk the class in a group, Banging, pushing and pulling, But now the time has changed. And my only mate remained was absent today. Since I had already ruined many-a-seconds, There was no point in wasting more time. I bunked the class alone, Silently...............