Sachins and non-Sachins
A Sachin has to leave the field
For others,
After two-hundred test centuries.
Sachins are role-models,
Ultra successful,
Front-pagers,
Gods.
Millions of non-Sachins,
Must quit on a muted pitch,
Having lived by singles
And ducks
And hopes and despairs in between,
But no sixes.
I feel like embracing each of them -
The non-Sachins,
Who has played a fair game
Without longing for a century,
And celebrate a failure
In his moment of quitting.
For others,
After two-hundred test centuries.
Sachins are role-models,
Ultra successful,
Front-pagers,
Gods.
Millions of non-Sachins,
Must quit on a muted pitch,
Having lived by singles
And ducks
And hopes and despairs in between,
But no sixes.
I feel like embracing each of them -
The non-Sachins,
Who has played a fair game
Without longing for a century,
And celebrate a failure
In his moment of quitting.
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