Yesterday’s was a night of dreams
I said “So long”
I saw three roosters
jumping up high
All blue in color
And I was watching them through the window.
We waited for a train
on a narrow roadside
where that train halts for a minute.
I saw my kids in my old classroom
I was also there in my school uniform.
I picked flowers from the ground
the place was new to me
The house owner, a stranger,
Smiled and said
“You have fruits over there”
I saw passion fruits hanging,
ripe and yellow.
And finally, the train came
Indian flag mounted in the front
Faces of our national leaders-
My heroes from the past
could be seen through each window
I saluted
“Please come back, we need you”.
Now I am awake
I salute everyone
who makes life here possible, pleasant and safe
In their own ways
Farmers and Soldiers in the front
Others follow