The ones inside
Have done what they will
Have spoken their minds:
Incarceration is their reward.
I am outside, but
I don’t do what I must
Fearing the consequences
I don’t speak as I should
Afraid of hostility.
Of late
I even hesitate to think
As I used to.
Umar Khalid, I envy you
Your freedom.
Sunder and Sonati have been living and growing a forest on a small piece of land in Thekambattu in rural Tamil Nadu for the last 20 years. You can read their blogs here and here.
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