Padmashri Maddala writes

Hey Ram:

I see his fanatic eyes piercing my frail body,

Like the three bullets in my chest
'Hey Ram'...
My body slumps into the hands of Ava and Manu
I feel hatred dribble, flow, and flood
Into the lawns and across my nation
Where? Where have I gone wrong?
I know, it must be the line on the map,
Will you forgive me my children?
It is too late to think,
Too late to undo now,
My eyes are closing, my heart stopping,
Stay calm, please stay calm my country,
Pardon him too if possible, for my sake
And let Ahimsa live, live forever.

[A persona poem on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi.]

Gandhi -- Feliks Topolski