O THAT WE HAD BEEN CIVILIZED IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE TERM!

O THAT WE HAD BEEN CIVILIZED IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE TERM!

O that we had not been sitting on a live and lethal volcano’s mouth

While blindly bursting crackers from East to West, and North to South,

Taking the holy occasions as an easy, absurd and irrelevant excuse

Heading recklessly towards cutting apart the lovely Earth’s life-fuse!

O that we had not been, like the wild and intoxicated evening moths,

Getting frenzidly tempted by the smothering and murderous light,

Before being scorched while  mistaking to exude utmost delight

Alas! Finishing off, in an instant, the scripts of our own piteous pathos!

O that we had not been on a mad and blatant spree of self destruction

For many an irrational, unrestrained and perilous exhilaration,

Under the poor pretexts of Religious fervour and cultural celebrations

Severing off lives’ Inchcape Bells as Sir Ralph, with ruinous intentions!

O that we had been evolved and civilized in the truest sense of the term

To lengthen our life spans, and our dearest Mother Earth’ usual Term!

N.B: Sir Ralph was a sea pirate who cut off the Inchcape Bell which was fixed on a buoy and anchored around the Inchcape Rock to warn the sailors about the presence of the Inchcape Rock to divert their ships to save them from destructions. He himself was the victim of his own evil deedwhile he was returning from his plundering and getting collided against the same submerged rock.

©Shankar D Mishra 22.10.2017

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