FREEDOM ON FINGERTIPS! a poem by g.kannan

PPoet g.kannan

senior lecturer,

dept of tamil,

govt arts college

Dharmapuri

Freedom on Finger-tips!

a poem on louis braille by g.kannan

‘The course of the revolving earth could change;
the direction in which the sun rises could become different;
but, can the hapless state of the visually challenged
change for the better?”
- so our forefathers would have felt deeply anguished
then.

‘Sinners with two wounds in the place of eyes;
bound to beg for their survival…’
So, the countless humiliations, hardships,
sorrows and sufferings
that the visually challenged used to face
day-in and day-out…
to relieve the visually chalenged from all these
and to liberate and emancipate them
Louis Braille came to be-
As the morning star and beacon-light!

Thanks to him
With just six dots
The whole world has come closer;
Well within our reach!

He knew well our aching hunger for Knowledge!
Ploughing his heart, sowing the seeds of Hope,
Watering it with hardwork
Removing the weeds of opposition
He broughtforth the rare blossom called Braille!
So,our dreams for justice and equality
Started turning into veritable reality!

Hail LOUIS BRAILLE
who has made possible
FREEDOM ON OUR FINGERTIPS!