Unidentified Homeless People
People were talking about us
When we were displaced
Because of War
And to a certain extent
We were relieved
People were talking about us
When we were displaced
Because of Tsunami
And to a certain extent
We were relieved
Nobody is talking about us
When we are being displaced
Not because of War or Tsunami
But because of rehabilitators
And we weren’t relieved
We lost our houses
Without differences
Or discriminations
To the power of war
We lost our houses
Without differences
Or discriminations
To the power of water
When our owners of the houses
Have decided to shift
From their storied mansions
To their miniatures
We lost our rented houses
To the power of dollars and pounds
We are the displaced
And homeless people
No one will call us refugees
We are the displaced
And homeless people
No one will call us displaced
Or internally displaced
We are the displaced
And homeless people
No one will call us street people
Or people in the street
We are the unidentified
Homeless people
Or people without homes
S.Jeyasankar
18.08.2005
