Naked dance of Government on the banks of a Dead River

Death is inevitable at birth
To die for a cause is an act of foolish courage
To do so for a just cause, is achieve martyrdom
And to do so knowing that it may not matter,
Is no longer giving up life in protest, 
it is to give up on the universe in disgust;
to do so peacefully, without harming and in isolation
is a sacrifice to the system, that we all ingest and tolerate every day

the system seeks to destroy the root of common sense in us
it seeks and destroys that part of us which doesn't to itself benefit
it reduces our lives into series of consumption points
to profit its bosses and their slaves;

challenges are ignored, ridiculed, fatigued out or brutally decimated
he was a scientist, teacher and a monk
with famous disciples and powerful friends
if this is what the system does to him
the day is not far when it comes for us
and there will be no one to protest,
the least we can do to make his life count is to
at least sustain this campaign.

next time you do a pilgrimage and take a dip on the Ganga,
remember the waters now carry the sin of this man's martyrdom,
that its waters are no longer pure!

take a step, status quo is going no where -
that which combines common sense, defies centrality,
connects the unconnected, fires a new imagination,
revives the local, holds on to diversity, practices compassion, treats every life valuable, laughs and dances with a new born hope, cries and sings when the endangered leave,
and holds to things sacred as a responsibility to conserve
wisdom of many centuries, or protests the status quo and doesn't give up - has the promise of another beginning.

life is death foretold, decay is new beginning foretold,
be the decay that sprouts a seed not the rot that slowly and unseen, withers in wind to benefit none.
be the change you want to see.