Despite the despair, dreams don't die: "When school reopens, I will continue working to become a doctor. It's very important for me as I saw my grandmother die paralysed and untreated," says 10-year-old Gulzar, who is living at the camp in Mundhighaz.
She stood there with her eyes wide open
Every part of her hoping
some miracle will engulf this ruin
and restore peace to nature's misdoing
You took away what you gave
Oh mighty Indus, you have left behind a grave!
Many unlucky ones could only watch others flee
relatives and loved ones could do nothing but plea
A momentary anguish for those who died
a perpetual haunting for those who have barely survived
Could there be a worser torment than
never to see your child ever again?
Many a times as soon as a tragedy ends
The scale of its aftermath is too hard to comprehend
8 million are homeless and hungry and still counting
but the grief of just one seems so real and excruciating
Some have set out on an aimless exodus
Swat to the north to Sindh to the south, the wreck is relentless!!
Inspite of the sincere appeals to the locals to evecuate
"WE are bound by our land" they'd retaliate
"It was such a lively place, but I watched it drown before my eyes"
Perhaps its a vacuum that no worldly dominion could suffice
Nature and cosmos have articulated their mighty abilities to create and distort
Every part of her hoping
some miracle will engulf this ruin
and restore peace to nature's misdoing
You took away what you gave
Oh mighty Indus, you have left behind a grave!
Many unlucky ones could only watch others flee
relatives and loved ones could do nothing but plea
A momentary anguish for those who died
a perpetual haunting for those who have barely survived
Could there be a worser torment than
never to see your child ever again?
Many a times as soon as a tragedy ends
The scale of its aftermath is too hard to comprehend
8 million are homeless and hungry and still counting
but the grief of just one seems so real and excruciating
Some have set out on an aimless exodus
Swat to the north to Sindh to the south, the wreck is relentless!!
Inspite of the sincere appeals to the locals to evecuate
"WE are bound by our land" they'd retaliate
"It was such a lively place, but I watched it drown before my eyes"
Perhaps its a vacuum that no worldly dominion could suffice
Nature and cosmos have articulated their mighty abilities to create and distort
oh that reminds her of this conspicuous phrase:
To the dumb question “Why me?” the cosmos barely bothers
to return the reply: Why not?
to return the reply: Why not?
3 comments:
a lot more dumb questions
"Why them?" (in this case from us)
When we see the natural calamities like flood,Earthquake,Tsunami,Valcanoes, Etc
"Why these?"
And for lot more questions like these, the cosmos still barely bothers to return that ONE SAME REPLY : Why not?
Any way nice poem,
ab ab cc
dd ee ff
gg bb hh
Is it a type of sonnet or just a rhyme
Well well...am I glad to see a budding poet :) What more latent talents are we going to see...All the best.
planning to compose another song.. will probably start writing that!!
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