Storm

Storm In Gujarat

Misconstrued religious sentiments
into the dark clouds of mistrust, transform
The winds of prejudice and racism
rage into a howling storm

Hatred rocks humanity's
peacefully sailing boat
Shredding the fabric of society
and blowing it off its course

The mind-set, which is steering,
has run our boat aground
Into a living Hell, where,
only terror and misery abound

Babies without indoctrination
would grow up no different from others
Classifications are mere fabrication
All are of the same flock and feathers

Common sense can quell this blizzard
before it is too late
Sans tyranny of dividing walls
Let us restart with a clean slate

Will this recurring nightmare end
And clear skies of reason dawn ?

Heaven is here for us to find
If we seek new shores of the mind

~ Shanta ~

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