ON THAT BLACK SUNDAY

WHEN

- The City Of Destiny Is Still

Dosing in its Sunday sleep

- The Steel City children are still

Flying in their colour filled dreams of week-end

- The Sun rising lazily over the Dolphin’s nose still

Un-decided on his attacking strategy

- The winged soldiers are in their nests, still

Stretching their wings for crusading over the green city.

THEN CAME THE BIG BANG -

- That awoke the city aghast

And alas! Gave permanent sleep to scores;

- That shattered the line between

Dream and reality;

- That made Sun hide its face behind the

Columns of smoke and roaring fire balls;

- That made the high-fliers squat on the burnt logs

Once their sweet homes.

WHOM TO BLAME? THE LORD OR THE MAN?

~T.V.R. Baba~

(ON THE H.P.C.L. BLAST ON 14.10.1997 IN VISAKHAPATNAM)