Ekla Chalo Re [Walk alone]

If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou of evil luck,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,
O thou of evil luck,
trample the thorns under thy tread,
and along the blood-lined track travel alone.
If they do not hold up the light when the night is troubled with storm,
O thou of evil luck,
with the thunder flame of pain ignite thy own heart
and let it burn alone.

[rant]

This is one of my favourite poems by Rabindranath Tagore [Ravindranath Thakur to those who read his works in Marathi and Hindi]. This poem is dedicated to all those people who are trying to conform to something or the other, to those who have tried and failed, and to those who have succeeded and are living in denial, suppressing their spirit.