The Forbidden Fruit

The Forbidden Fruit, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

136,274 items / 1,052,510 views

this is what i mostly shoot
deprived devoid of hope
one man at the feet
of another mans boots
pain bad times
is a common route
we all face it
one time or the other
a tree cut down
before
it could bear fruit
now all gone
a log in slumber
nothing else
to loot
back to
square root

can you
imagine
a helping hand
going up
to him asking him
who is he
from where does
he come
what happened to
bring him
on the rainy streets of
pain his pain acute
who cares a hoot
mumbai a vibrant city
is also devoid
of a human soul
each one who passes by
busy in his own pursuit
slithering away silently
also mute

so as a street
photographer
i shot this for posterity
while going to work
en route
once he was ripe
now a fallen
over ripe fruit

man
a product
of a forbidden fruit
BE HUMAN
no dispute