Beggars Of Lucknow ,,,

Beggars Of Lucknow ,,,, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

in a winding
lane leading
to imambada
gufra map
i saw them
mother burnt
daughter
caught in
time wrap
people of
lucknow
so used
to seeing
these scenes
insensitively
moved away
as she pleaded
please help us
bhai sahab
this was during
moharam a
moment i froze
in lucknow
famous only
for its tunde
kababs
of decadence
harping on old
lost illusions
lucknow once
a city of nawabs
aye shehr e
lucknow
a city of
dreams
tujh par
lakhon
salaam