Holocaust

In midst of night, When I was deep in slumber, The memory rattled, Eyes sunk with fear, Saw the houses crumble, The trees tremble, The thunder storm made me nimble, The ocean in fumble, Tried to reach me and hug me in grumble. I went slowly to the balcony, Tried to reach out to see this mesmerized agony, The agony was far from imagination, It’s a terrifying situation, God is slowly destroying its creation. The waves shook the landscape, The geography is jeopardized, The houses drowned, And with it are the people, Cries of the birds, Made the atmosphere filled with shrill, The painful and subdued voice of the animals, Made it sure of their fatal deaths. The water is beneath, Thunderstorm is above it, No place for shelter, The houses gradually decreased, With water slowly increased, I saw human beings floating in it, I knew some of them, were also in it, Saw the animals gradually going deep in it, Trees are getting shaved, Houses are getting razed, The plateau near my house is gone beneath. The things happened so quickly, And it was so horrifying, that I forgot my own situation, Now I am in pain and sorrow, for what I have seen slowly, Happening beneath my eyes. With this grief and agony in my heart, I turned back to get inside the house, But I was knee deep in water, And the water is rising faster, I am late in making my action, Now my life and my existence is in jeopardy, And with the flashes of the scenes running back and forth, Made me cripple, I wasn’t able to run, I gradually gave up to the faith, But when I saw the death creeping near to me, A terrible fear ran through me, My face became pale, And the blood started drying up, I started weeping and prayed to spare me, But a dark shadow engulfed me, And a terrible wave galloped me. I was desperately moaning, Then suddenly my eyes opened, My bed was completely dripping from the sweat, For few minutes I couldn’t make out what’s going on, But then I realized that it was a dreadful dream. I closed my eyes and prayed to God, Thanked him that it was a dream.