Wish

A young boy joined the national movement at age fourteen
He dreamt of a  British Free India, right from his teens
He sacrificed his family as well as  his personal desires 
His closed peers too understood what this young man aspires

He read various books and gathered maximum information
He knew knowledge would be vital in freedom struggle of his nation
He also read people and understood the nerve of the situation
Hindustan Socialist Revolution Association was his creation

He knew that mere freedom from Britishers was inadequate
Their weapon of Divide and Rule was spreading more hate
He predicted that 'Black officers' would replace the Whites
Without caring for fellow beings, amassing wealth days and nights

I wish, if only we could understand the wish of that boy
who had the courage to embrace death with smile and joy
He was prepared mentally at a tender age to accept martyrdom
'Simple living, high thinking' added  to his strength and wisdom

Many times, I read Biography of this motivational  fighter
Whose vision of Free India was different and much brighter
"They can crush my body but not my spirit" from Jail, he said
Bhagat - you and your ideas will stay alive, even as this is read


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