I Want to Become Nagarjuna...

I Want to Become Nagarjuna

I want to become Nagarjuna—

not just a poet of words,

but a poet of struggles too.

Where the farmer’s eyes

carry unfinished sleep,

where the worker’s hands

hold half-baked bread,

there I will prepare

the soil of my poetry.

I want to become Nagarjuna—

to stand among the crowd

and hold a mirror to power,

to crack the towers of lies

with the blows of my verses.

Let my letters smell

like the sweat of labor,

let my rhythms breathe

like the lungs of the people,

let my voice flow

clear and deep like a river.

I want to become Nagarjuna—

carrying both

the simplicity of folk songs

and the fire of rebellion,

awakening every page

with the pulse of the street.

RUPESH RANJAN....