By – Randhir Thiyam, Uripok
We are not history’s fossils —
we are the heartbeat
refusing a museum glass.
We guard Kangleipak,
not as watchmen of ruins
but as fire that won’t be sold
in tourist shops.
We serve the poor —
not as charity givers
but as protectors against apathy.
We don’t plead for rights —
we forge them on the anvil of tomorrow.
We are seeds with teeth,
roots with rage,
watering the future
while today tries to burn us down.