Freedom for the Nation🇮🇳

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Around 74 years ago,
For some 340 million Indians,
Freedom was a billion things.
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For that enslaved country,
Freedom was CHAOS,
No sense of what might come.
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For its youth,
Freedom was an OPPORTUNITY,
A shot to explore the world.
III
For its leaders,
Freedom was BETTER~
Chances, voices and choices.
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For its soldiers,
Freedom was PRIDE,
To serve under their own flag.
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For its rich,
Freedom was MORE~
Money, wealth and luxury.
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For its poor,
Freedom was SHACKLES,
Openly witnessing it, yet tied up.
(freedom wasn’t free for them)
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For its women,
It was an invaluable TREASURE,
Finer than any pearls and jewels.
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For 340 million people,
Freedom was a billion things.
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But what mattered was,
For the entire nation,
Freedom meant one thing,
Hope.
Hope for independency.
And hope for a change.

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Now and today, 2021,
For over a billion Indians,
This freedom means a trillion things.
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We still want more~
riches, opportunities and chances.
We still want better~
livings, voices and leaders.
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We are free to have our choices,
But our choices aren’t really free.
We are independent of other nations,
But our independency doesn’t lie on ourselves alone.
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Now and today, 15th August, 2021
The entire country,
Unites to celebrate what freedom was,
And what it might be…
But I will take a breath,
To enjoy what freedom really is,
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Life.

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*Also death, but that is a completely different poem..😏* Hope you enjoyed reading this one.. Have a great day❤ Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!!🇮🇳