My ‘dumb’ neighbour Ramnath

  • Sri Bimal Mohanty
  • India
  • Aug 22, 2014

 

 

My neighbour Ramnath you must have seen

A friend to all of us, if ever one has been

Morning or evening whenever we meet

His face with a smile always first to greet

His tongue does not move, he cannot speak

The poor ‘dumb’ Ramnath always humble and meek

No one has seen him angry or part of a feud

Content with himself, never to anyone rude

No one goes up to make him a friend

But Ramnath to every one bows with folded hand

When the school bus arrives, Ramnath the guardian

Makes every child climb or alight from the van

If your heavy bag slips, he picks it up as you wait and stand

When you cross the road, Ramnath holds your hand

If children loose their ball, he rushes to search the bush

When the cart puller struggles uphill, Ramnath is behind to give a push

In the neighborhood births, marriages or festivals of joy

Part of every family, Ramnath is there to enjoy

While nursing the sick, keeping vigil beside the neighbour

Night after night Ramnath the ‘dumb’ is always there

Part of every family, yet always behind all

Rushes to your side whenever you give a call

In grief of all, in the death of a friend

When the dead body is lifted, his shoulder supports one end

All along that beatific smile from his face never leaves

His ‘dead’ tongue says nothing, it only gives

We seldom probe his silence, what thoughts cross his mind

What will our neighborhood be without his kind?

But thoughts must be inside his everlasting silence

With whom does he converse? 

His inspiration comes whence?
I think God created Ramnath for himself alone,

When betrayed by mankind, to share with someone

His own disappointment to assure himself

His creation is not a mistake, there is still some help

Many ‘dumb’ Ramnaths still shine in this world

They ask nothing for themselves, happy enough carrying the message of God

In our pensive mood do we ponder ever

The great truth of life that Ramnaths deliver?

At the time of need, someone’s hand you hold

In that smile of Ramnath, see the smile of God

Taken for granted, unsung and unknown

A freak of nature? Or God’s loving son!

 

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