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Principal Joginder Singh

Harjeet Singh

Littlies wearing attention-getting outfits
Were lapping up differing types of sweets
on the eve of Diwali festival.
Kinds of fireworks they were detonating
to celebrate the festival.
With a steady gaze, Principal Joginder Singh was peering at them,
Like others his heart was wanting everything
but he was as quiet as a lamb.
The poor widow mother couldn’t pander to him
with such and such-
He was well aware.
A landlord’s child became a victim of poverty
In the absence of father,
The contract of the land was not over yet.
The signed bond was not over with still
When he gave up the ghost.
Possessions went in owner’s account.
Time was when people of the village
used to carry his oxes in a pressing need.
Now the empty home rang with sadness
And with his only memento, the widow was
sitting in the yard.
Mother’s face expressions maybe kid had read,
And her indispensable circumstances.
Carrying English book in the hands
sat in his gate, Principal Joginder Singh.
Further gratified was he while watching others.
On the eve of festival, some involved
English words and to use them in
sentences he had learnt.
And was recalling them in his memory.
Cheery was he with freshly learnt words
in lieu of sweets and state-of-the-art attires,
Ergo, my father Joginder Singh celebrated the Diwali festival.

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