For A Few Coins
Shambling along a dirt road,
I come across a pauper girl,
not older than six or seven --
skinny, tanned, in ragged clothes.
She is readying herself
for her amusement trick
to earn some money
off the passers-by.
There is a five-meter tightrope
stretched, half a meter from the ground,
between two short wooden poles.
The girl now walks along it, slowly,
carefully balancing,
encouraged by the clapping and wiggling
of the gathering crowd.
Do they see her tired face,
no light in her eyes?
Do they notice how thin
her stretched little arms are?
Two quick last steps,
and she plunges to the ground
to collect the scattered coins
with speed and zeal.
Farhan, a young poet from the tiny town,Budaun of the vicinity of Uttar Pradesh, India, is doing his Masters of Arts in English Literature from Rohil Khand University, Bareilly. His picturesque poems make a film in the reader’s mind, taking the reader into the abode of palpable emotions to touch the bottom of their heart. His early poems have been placed in an International Online Journal known as Kritya, which is published from Kerala, India, and in several other ezines. He has a blog where a few of his poems can be read by clicking on this link-http://farhanpoetry.blogspot.com/
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