WEN: 650494
Exhibitor Name: Sameer Dhanvantari
Division: Creative Writing--
Class: 01 Poetry (9-12 ye
Alone - The story of solitary confinement
Under the roof I stood At a place where men went mad I could see the grimy rags In which martyrs were clad. The screams rang in my ears Of the dying from long ago. Voices whispered their warnings - “ Stay with us. Please. Don’t go ” The cell I stood in was empty But my mind knew more was there For though I was the only prisoner Of the dead this was the lair. They hissed their thirst for vengeance. They whispered farewell to their kin. Their words slowly addled my mind As a punishment for my sin. This was where men were martyred, At a place where rebels were thrown. Here I sat in isolation, All alone; all alone.
by Sameer Dhanvantari
Based on the experiences of Indian freedom fighters imprisoned in solitary confinement in the Cellular Jail on the Andaman Islands. Prisoners often went mad and heard voices in their heads.
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