Elegy On Dr.Anna !

Dr.Anna is deep in sleep,
While all we stand and weep,
All this world with flora and fauna,
Is mere a jungle without Dr.Anna.

I just not believe the story,
Which carries much worry,
The hero of this great tragedy,
Gone,no solitude,no remedy.

Gone are the days and my friends,
The hand of death our hearts rends,
Is he gone for ever?
Gone to the winds,Oh! never.

A gem of gems, a monumental loss,
To this, to this great country alas!
No Promethean heat,
Lo! We hear the distant drums beat.

Why this forest of beauty,
So turned in to anarchy?
The nightingale sings in melancholy,
The cuckoo weeps so mournfully.

Tell this bitter tale of woe,
A friend and noblest foe,
Let all come to mourn this sage,
Who acted so well on the world's stage.

When his radiant eyes are shut in death,
We bow our heads, hold our breath,
The precursor of this Reason Age,
Had he gone to make his pilgrimage?

That god- gifted organ voice is dumb,
Where shall we go,to his marble tomb,
When shall we hear his thundering speech,
Yonder!Echoes in the sands of beach.

From Goethe's wisdom and Byron's force,
He took up courage, did take his course,
Burning forehead and eloquent tongue,
Did make masses after him hung.

He had promises to keep,destiny to guide,
From the Tower of Darkness people cried,
Yet maintained silence and not replied,
With melancholy in vain we tried.

South Indian Gandhi of ours,
Legislated against hot liquors,
Was he crying in wilderness?
All became this day motionless.

His footprints were in the sands of time,
His pet names were in mused rhyme,
Cancer did cause his leave,
Adieu ! Leaving us all to grieve.

The lips of death he did kiss,
Never to be his bliss,
Forlorn ! his life a dream,
Failed to be Tennyson's stream.

The viper came with venom,
Treated him as Harry,Dick and Tom,
Stealthily creeped out having stung,
Thus the bell of death knell it rung.

The sun extinguished and looked dark,
Birds shrieked,dogs did bark,
In the woods animals ran in fears,
On every human eyes there were tears.

Death did vie his meteoric eminence,
Unwilled to leave him in predominance,
It snatched his life with all its force,
Like playful Lucy does with rose.

The waves of the ocean jumped high,
As if to touch the distant gloomy sky,
Everywhere the question echoed"why",
Unanswered waves came back'nigh'.

Death were to be human it's blind,
With a palsied mind,
It proved so much unkind,
Like dagger from behind.

Like a fish gasping for breath,
A fluttering kite in the zenith,
Our hearts began to bleed,
Sorrow we were able to read.

Honoured him the famous Yale,
World shed tears on this sad tale,
His respect for the voice of dissent,
Still echoes and be reminiscent.

Before rights he taught us Duty,
We learnt of labour and its Dignity,
Also of conduct with great Discipline,
This triplets ran from our spine to spleen.

He will not come back to live for years,
Even if dedicate a sea of tears,
We know Dr.Anna is deep in sleep,
While all we stand and weep.

Footnote:
Dr.C.N.Annadurai an eloquent scholar and an heir of Dravidian Movement in Tamilnadu,became the first Dravian Chief Minister.He is the one who changed the name of Madras state in to"Tamilnadu" Yale University awarded him the Doctorate Degree.

Yesupatham Savarimuthu