When we prolong:
The terribleness of our world,
Hatred makes a deliberate effort
To stay on!
Until we respond to the agony
Of so many –
None of us can sleep in comfort.
Hatred will make rings of snares!

 

How do we describe to each other,
The intensity of splattered blood-baths?                
How do I explain to myself –
About the families that drown
In the elements of nauseous darkness?
There is not much left in us,
When we remain indifferent
To the state of death, wandering!

 

 

Dubai
13th February 2016

 

Geeta Chhabra