HUMANITY THESE DAYS
Some people take poison,
some hang themselves;
This way thousands of people die;
Nobody cares and ask why?
The people set their aims so high;
No matter how corrupt way they try;
Even take the only bread
from the poor without sky.
There are people who have arrogance so high;
Don’t shake hands, say hi;
Why we forget to die?
Some people preach venom of abhorrence;
To make the people victim of ignorance;
Why there is no outcry?
There are people who support violence
Come what may, hell bent on destroying the mankind;
Is that the way to worship the divine?
Rakesh Sharma
Near Power Station
Champa Batote
SATAN
I want to travel back to a time,
When I had not eaten the fruit
of Knowledge!
When I was as guileless as
a newly-blossomed flower,
When I would laugh untroubled,
No cares, anxieties and tensions
Were there to imprison me!
When I didn’t have to put a mask,
I was what I was!
When I would kiss my Mother,
And look deep into her eyes:
Her eyes, which could even eclipse the mighty sun!
I want to travel back to a time,
When it was difficult to deceive,
And I had a moral conscience.
When I would not think before act,
When I would fulfill my wish
And nobody was there to halt me.
When I would day-dream about some wonderland,
And had no worries of
impending horrors.
When I was not satanic,
Neither had I any satanic impulses,
I was just the “chosen seed” of God!
I want to travel back to a time
When I would put aside all the chaos,
And I was happy, I was content.
When the world seemed a beautiful place to live in,
And earth had that charm of an unexplored world,
Which would allure my body and my soul.
When there were no deathly nightmares, no ghastly tribulations.
When I was a flawless angel,
When I was not scared and yet fearful!
But I cannot travel any back or further,
Because I can NOT travel anymore,
As I am Satan, YES, I AM THE DEVOURER – SATAN
And therefore…dead.
— Apoorva Shekher
New Delhi
I Believed You…
The broken heart is fixed again
With the tender love you shared
You held me right, I forgot the past
I lived the present with the love that last
You wiped the tears, and held me strong
It was all right, I find nothing wrong
My world turned into a constellation
May be that’s God’s Creation
I may not get what I want
When I got you, I want nothing at all
My fairy tale is complete, I got my Prince
Heart says, its yours; mind says, it’s not
I was left in a sweet dilemma
If I get the best, its my ‘fate’
If not, I believe its not my day
You gave me a ‘Paradise’
I stayed there for a while
It was temporary, a sheer lie
Soon I realized it’s a broken dream
Why me? I asked
’He’ said, “I chose You because you’re strong
Time shall pass, keep calm
Believe in me, I’ve a different plan”.
Subah
Research Scholar
School of Languages and Literature
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
Katra, J&K
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