One Day, One Day

 a poem of resistance by Suranya Aiyar of Hindustan, Jannat Nishan 

One day, one day

They will put you away.

One day.

 

One day, one day

The sky will expand

And Freedom will reign

From Mountain to Sand.

One day.

 

One day, one day

They will put you away

The silence will deafen

Your will shall be broken

Your pride a mere token.

One day.

 

One day, one day

The Silence will break

The Song will rise

Lost courage in its wake

With Hope once more prized.

One day.

 

One day, one day

They will put you away

The end will seem final

The bleakness desperate

The judgment determined

Justice blind, obdurate.

One day.

 

One day, one day

They'll take Love over Hate

Be patient and wait

Find your lost souls, my mates!

One day.

 

One day, one day

They will put you away.

Your mother will weep

Your father will cry

Your man will despair

Your children,

How will they fare?

Your sisters will swallow

Their pain and their sorrow.

One day.

 

One day, one day

The gates will unlock

Joy gushing forth

And Laughter will ring

Colours filling in

Be Brave and we'll win.

One day.

 

One day, one day

They will put you away

The walls will close in

The darkness will blind

The binds, they will sting

This is hard you will find.

One day.

 

One day, one day

The Timid will wake

Filled to the brim

With all the injustice they can take

How long can this last

Only so long as you look past

The lies and the sins

Say "No!" and Good wins

                         That is all that it takes                          

A pure heart and good mind

Which you have, you will find.

One day.