Today we are free
Free from the grapple of shackles
It is taken for granted, assumed as our right
But behind this free reign lies a colossal fight.
A fight that many forgot
As the waves of time engulfed the scars, marks, wounds and all
They succumbed themselves for our sovereignty
But we severely lack empathy.
They took all the comers and tussled and wrangled
Till none were left standing on the battleground
Those Lord, Generals, Governors showed them the panoply alright
But they had vowed on their souls never to back out from the fight.
Tying their turbans terribly tight
Puffing their chests out with all their might,
Did they ever angst death?
Just thinking of the times makes me jitter and fret.
None thought about the end
All pursued that was ahead
Forfeiting all glee, charm, spark
They depressed on to the dismal, deplorable dark
They battled –o the most fearsome of behemoths
Who inclined to infuse them into the boiling broth
And who coercively fed their famished abdomens
So that they shan’t see the unhealthy omens
Of the victory of Tianzhu
And the bereavement of that ‘Who’
Yet with defiers as such, ascendancy was question less

Yes, they are the sole souls to whom we owe this independent-ness!