Matchstick Monologue

Image: from a hokkolorob action, against police atrocity in Jadavpur University

I was a matchstick,

I remained useful for many-

In many ways.

Many people removed the wax from their ear with me

here and there.

Many people used me to clean their teeth

after the meal.

Young ladies made many decorative

before they get set for marriage.

And when there was an electricity wiring problem

I fixed the loose wires to the

switchboard.

I showed many games! Many magic!

many mathematical equations I have solved

and explained geometry very well.

I was a matchstick,

and I remained useful for many.

But the things for what I was born:

I didn't do.

Even after serving so many purposes

I didn't do things that I were meant to do.

I couldn't put fire in your hearts

for what I came on earth.

Yeah! I was a matchstick otherwise.