On the Gorakhpur tragedy

Holding a mirror

Soy, O boy reading the angst ridden lines
of a mother in a tongue i'm not so fluent
a pang of guilt reminded me of the times
when my conscience played truant

So what if I had to open
a dictionary to comprehend
a realisation that to care to know
effort ensues to go with an emotional flow

Shall we then spare a second
to understand where it all started
for it would be time well spent
to see why political discources
are deemed normal in the wake of departed

let us then not be deceived
that need of the hour is a game
played to assign suitable blame
when the ravaged bereaved
ungrieved souls haven't yet healed

but i am cautious too,
to lay bare my thoughts
with no guile or pretence
in a group that can at times be cold
and weigh thoughts by an opinion poll

when an odd joker in the pack
stands up and says hark
not knowing a diddly squat
am glad we managed to bell the cat

in peroration, while we preach moderation
i beseech you to care for rhyme and reason

(Posted in IIMC34 group on 15th August in response to a post on Gorakhpur tragedy)