April last year and April this year
April is heat-bitten, with no lovable warmth and chill,
full of anguish and agony and anxiety;
war, a word, spreading ruins and evils only,
is the commander and ruler of the time.
Wickedness of all kinds, fury, scares,
ill-omen, murders, cruelty, with no droplets of
sympathy, empathy or clemency, fills
each letter’s core with mock at the loss of beings.
Barefoot are now the inmates of mansions,
empty-bellied, thirst-attacked, having no roof to protect,
from the rage of calamities and axes of
two-legged beasts, may have sense.
Nature gave words of sense to man
who often gets dipped in dirt,
tearing apart the glory that cheers lives,
turning useless, wicked and harmful
causing utter chaos all around.
Little silky legs run on hard spheres;
tender mouths lament pop and mom,
food, water, cloth and shelter.
The humanity, possessing a mother’s heart,
creates a flood in its owners' eyes and
cannot bear this hapless, helpless stage of
mourning by the innocent faces,
demise and deformity triumph
And the escaping ones be orphans; no aid.
April was hot last year, warm and chill;
minds found connections and affections,
enjoying travels and laughter,
friendships with less foes, adding spice to life.
This vast world keeps paths open abundant for
journeys through peace and love,
and let us pray for the nations to shake hands,
and let the avoidance of enmity be the word of the day.
This is a heartfelt expression of the world as many know it to be. Sometimes it seems the longest journey is the one to peace and love.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Penelope.
DeleteI share your hope that countries will learn to value peace more than war. Too many have suffered needlessly.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rommy.
DeleteEach of your stanzas ~ Hard hitting truths. "Let us pray for the nations to shake hands with oneness to remain in the domain of one world" ~ raising my voice to the heavens.
ReplyDeleteThank you,Helen
DeleteYou expressed well this dire state of the world causing a feeling of helpnessless but as you said "the world keeps open ways abundant for Journey through peace and love" So lets see the bad and build on the good ❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you,Marja.
DeleteA hot April? Seems wrong. "let avoidance of enmity be the word of the day" Amen to that.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cosmo.
DeleteLet's remain positive for now-April has just began. We must manifest peace
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suman.
DeleteAmen to that prayer!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rosemary.
DeleteVery well penned, Sarala. How we have squandered the gifts of language and reason and courted destruction instead of being empathetic towards our fellow human beings.
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Thank you, Pradeep.
DeleteYour poem powerfully captures the contrast between cruelty and compassion, painting April as both a witness to suffering and a quiet hope for peace.
ReplyDeleteThank you, S.G.
Delete"This vast world keeps open ways abundant for
ReplyDeleteJourneys through peace and love,
and let us pray for the nations to shake hands,
and let the avoidance of enmity be the word of the day."
Beautiful!
Thank you.
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