LET'S DETHRONE THE MONARCHS OF CRUELTY!

LET’S DETHRONE THE MONARCHS OF CRUELTY!

When Cruelty is profusely and unbridledly in use,
Compassion takes to Her scared and shaken shoes!
The heaps of irreparable ruins become so huge,
That no one is then spared or left for repentant rues!

Blatant blindness deafeningly blares,
Uncontrolled greed in the air glares!
Foul deeds defiantly and without compunction flout,
Alas! Looms large, like an eclipse, knee-deep doubt!

Wanton blood incessantly bleeds,
Withered and dead are the Compassion seeds!
No one ever sensibly thinks, feels and heeds,
Rampant everywhere the fell and fallen breeds!

Oh! The torn and tattered Conscience is on a Sale,
The Reason corpses are scattered rotten and stale!
Yes, Heaven is locked in a morgue like a past Tale,
Alas! Descends to rule unrivalled a hideous Hell!

Until is dethroned the oppressive and despotic “Cruelty Monarch”,
The Light of Hope is put out by the thick and threatening Dark!
Only a mass Walk on the Kind, Humane and Compassionate track,
Can revive the Lost Paradise on earth, and bring eternal Bliss forever back!

Glossary:
Dethrone – remove from the throne/ overthrow
Profusely – freely/ plentifully
Unbridledly - uncontrollably
Takes to Her scared and shaken shoes – she runs away fearfully
Rues – repentances
Blatant – of bad behaviour done openly and unashamedly
Deafeningly - at the top of one’s voice
Blares - make a noisy sound
Glares – looks fiercely
Defiantly – disobediently
Compunction – regret/ second thoughts
Flout - disobey
Wanton – needless
Rampant - out of control
Fell – cruel (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar)
Torn and tattered - ragged
Despotic – tyrannical/cruel
Put out - extinguished
Humane – kind
Bliss – happiness

©Dr. Shankar D Mishra, 
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