मुझे नहीं देखने
शहरों से गाँवों की ओर जाते
अंतहीन जत्थे,
सैकड़ों मील की यात्रा पर निकले
थकान से चूर
स्त्री, पुरुष, बूढ़े और बच्चे.
मुझे नहीं देखने
पोटली में बंधे घर,
पाँवों में पड़े छाले,
पानी-सा बहता पसीना,
कन्धों पर चढ़े बिलबिलाते बच्चे,
ख़ुद को घसीटतीं गाभिन महिलाएँ.
मुझे नहीं देखने
ख़ाली पेट, ख़ाली ज़ेब,
छिपते-छिपाते, बचते-बचाते,
आशा-निराशा के बीच झूलते
फटेहाल बेबस लोग.
बड़ी उबाऊ है यह यात्रा,
मुझे चैनल बदलना है,
बस रामायण-महाभारत देखना है.
*Onkar Kedia has been a career Civil Servant who retired from the Central Government Service recently. He has been writing poems in Hindi and English on his blogs http://betterurlife.blogspot.com/ and http://onkarkedia.blogspot.com/
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