Mother India

Years ago,I was in bondage,I was in chains......I was ruled over,I was lame.... I took blood shed,I wept in silence, Innocent people died at my feet,I wept in silence, Innocents were hanged,I wept in Silence, A part of me was cut and separated ,I wept in silence... I was called India! I was free..I smiled... I was called Mother India..I smiled... My children were happy,I smiled... Today I am 63,old and feeble, My little girls are raped and killed,I weep in silence, My little kids are sold and killed,I weep in silence, My boys don't respect me or any woman,I weep in silence, Was I freed to see this? The bondage was better than being a slave of my own people.... The chains were better than being a free yet helpless mother... I cry,I weep...I weep in silence... (Dedicated to the brutal gangrape in New Delhi-India)