Footpath

a poem by Parthap Ratim Banerjee

Blank papers have stopped taking colors
Not even taking any mark or anything else
May be they need more darkness to hide their pride

Blank papers have stopped taking colors now

Please give me a room, a roof, a shelter for a day
Just for a day and an inspiration, a true friend too
To open the musk I am using for last so many years

All loads and roads lead to the paper house of beggars
Where they tell and sell stories on demand
And allow others to use the biggest colony of the city

The Footpath for better living
I need friend, a place and an inspiration
But no slogan please