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                          Deafening Silence

we live in a world juxtaposed 
       with apparent contradictions
            with poverty shining amidst plenty
            unseemly wealth jeering at scarcity 
            happiness reaped in the open air
            under the bridge of a congested city
            with hardly a loaf to fill the belly
       but affluence in vain seeking glee and bliss
		  unable to digest a plate of choice
			     to sleep and dream in peace
                              on the luxurious mattress of a palace
				
we live in a world of skyscrapers
       soaring to the cerulean sky
		wedded to the world through the nebulous net
		with the mind filled like a citrine well
        but knowing not one`s neighbour
        bereft of friendly feel for fellow citizens
	         with the heart dry like the Arabian desert

we live in a world clamouring for genial truth
	but often hear 
             the voice of untruth pleasantly delivered
             half- truth enjoyably dished out
             falsehood cunningly camouflaged as truth
             w   i   t   t   i   n   g   l   y

              c
                o 
                  n
                    v 
                      e 
                        y 
                          e
                             d 
            	     in various quarters
	             at diverse levels
	             in most spheres of life

casting a glimpse around our earth 
        we eye with anguish
		shining sparkles of grief
		gloss of sorrows and lament
		joyful burdens of loads
		and gleaming lustre of dull despair

	we glance with mounting desolation
		boundless intents for protecting our environment
		 amidst jovial assault on our living landscape
		endless declarations for safeguarding our planet
		followed by joyful stabbing of our forest
		and jubilant pollution of our atmosphere

peeking around our world
	we perceive with deep regret
 		flaming pleas for peace
                followed by thrills of bloody wars
                savoury appeals for cease-fire
                trailing enthusiastic bombing of civilians
		            of houses, spouses and children
        jubilant destruction of infrastructure
                 of shrines of health
                                of learning
                                of peace
                                 and of faith    
       mellifluous appeals for non-violence
        with ensuing spree of brutality and bloodshed

in wonder we gaze around us
		apparently tongue tied with golden fright
		voice shrivelled with a warm cold
		muted for hot soothing words
		with the pen bleeding black or short of ink
                with deafening silence of the grave.
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