What does a War leave behind?
Ah! It cripples, in a trice, the whole of mankind,
It leaves behind the stinking mountains of shattered corpses,
It builds behind the stenching towers of tattered carcasses!
A War leaves behind piteous and hapless screams, screeches and shrieks,
It tumbles unmindfully the lofty domes of Love and Peace,
It uproots the firm-gripped roots of Happiness and Bliss,
It pulverizes prosperity-buildings and turns them into poverty-bricks!
A War leaves behind countless wretched widows and innumerable forlorns,
It leaves behind sea-deep wounds and infinitely incurable burns,
Alas! In an instant, into a dull and dead desert, a heavenly Earth it turns!
Oh! A War steals smiles; rains bloods, and inundates tears,
It ever worsens woes; augments sorrows, but never them cures!
Let's so never wage a War to claim our fleeing Supremacy in vain,
For, devilish is to divide and destroy; Divine is to create and heal one's pain!
Copyright: Shankar D Mishra 18.05 2018
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Tq.
War brings peace like a storm brings calm !!!
ReplyDeleteWar is inevitable! It is a part of life! It is the outcome of how we live!
Tq dear Sir for your valuable comment.
DeleteEvery war goes leaving peace . Excellent use of words .��
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
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DeleteExtraordinary writing and excellent usage of words.....😊😊
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