In the Silence of Violence

In the Silence of Violence 


The piece of silence
Shot into the sky; 

Then, a piece of sky
Fell into the fire;

The lives of hundreds
Were burnt
And the heart of earth
Was bent; 

For the mistake of
Flying in that zone
Where devils play
The time is wounded
With sight of fight
And fallen as piece
Of history;

That foe is unknown
From those known 
And un-grown

From that secret place
With that violent silence; 

Yesterday 
That bird MH 370;

And 
Today
The bird MH 17;

We don’t know
What will be their next
Target tomorrow?

It’s all a surreptitious strategy 
An endless annihilation 
And a ceaseless ablaze; 

The world holding its heart
In its fist and revolving 
Around 
As deserted woman
Carrying her children; 

The time
And the sky
Embalming their wounds
With their own cream
Are looking 
Into the future
With too much fear!




© R K Chowdary 
19July2014


P.S:

[In tribute to all those 298 passengers belonging to various counties, killed in 
the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which has crashed in Ukraine, on the 
border with Russia, which was shot down by a missile on 17.7.2014]
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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