I Will Wait
For the time of victory
Of the good over the evil
Good being the invisible
Downtrodden, oppressed
Outcasts, racial minorities
The Dalits, the tortured
Women and children
The students with loans
The teachers without jobs
The atheists everywhere
Good being the physically
Emotionally, financially
Challenged, the slow learners
The unemployed poets,
The crazy philosophers,
The ones who never were
Featured on television nor
Paid respect anywhere
Good being the one who never
Was called an intellectual
Or a scientist, a statesman
Nor a grand prize winner
Coveted with glory or fame
Featured on magazines
And never knew negotiating
Executing, decision-making
I will wait
For the time of victory
Of the hitherto vanquished
I will wait
- By Saswat Pattanayak
