India Pakistan Border
across country border the hatred games,
played with bullets for political aims,
their history, their culture much the same,
mislead, misinformed their passions aflame!
year after year, generations of blame,
their families bear same ancestral name,
history forgotten from whence they came,
venomous words preached breeding death and shame.
their forefathers fought and their fathers too,
their grandchildren fight and their children too,
old bleeding wounds never allowed to heal,
hatred handed down for future to deal!
No end in sight for foolish hatred wars,
far in to the future stretch battle scars,
innocents born across border divide
Are engulfed and lost to this evil tide!
religion, prejudice, colour and class,
walls built with ignorance are built for loss,
how do we overcome this pestilence?
with wisdom, time, goodness, resilience!
Written 19/01/2021
10 syllables each line 20 lines
Copyright © Krish Radhakrishna | Year Posted 2021
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