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©റൗഫ്

A past too distant too difficult to comprehend
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Oh they say, the days of being slaves,
And eating lunch in a pit made on the ground,
And giving the good-produce of the coloured
to the bloodless eyes of the landlord.
All these would seem far too distant,
Far too difficult for the young to comprehend.

We heard from the tales of our grans,
That the past was too cruel for the coloured.
They say there was a time,
When tone of the skin mattered more
than the tone of the blood in their veins.
But they say those days seem far too distant,
Far too difficult for the young to comprehend.

But now I understood,
the reason behind their eyes of judgement.
not because of my embroidered red kurti nor because of my black hair clip or because of the Bangles that leave a glittery trail on my wrist.

And they called up on my name along with my
Cast, again reminding me the tone of my skin and my place in that room.

I looked back holding the certificates of my highest education.
And I looked back and saw
My fellow Kuravans, Ezhavars and Nairs,
along with our Methan and Nasrani brothers.
All of them seen wearing their ancestral garments, sitting Along the makeshift chairs,
Holding the certificates of their highest education.
Still trying to comprehend the fact
That they said "that past was too distant,
too difficult to comprehend."

©rahoof