Poetry

A Child Is Murdered

Is it the first time? No

This is nothing new

Either it is killed in the womb

Or after it has seen the first streak of daylight

But

Yes, inside school premises is shocking

An innocent life cut off mercilessly

As if a wild animal has slit the throat of a captive

In its clutches

It is the concern of all parents

Are children no longer safe outside the home?

Hush!

 They are neither safe inside their home

Evil intentions follow them everywhere

Sometimes parents themselves murder their offspring (s)

Over the slightest duels between them

Sometimes because of suspicion that it is an illicit child

Murder is murder whether committed by anyone

What was this child’s fault?

A happy seven year old studying in a

Well known ‘international’ school

Did no one hear the child’s agonizing shrieks?

Was / is everyone deaf in this school?

Did no one question the intruder?

Are schools no longer safe for our children?

Is it not a breach of trust?

What has happened to our social concerns?

Why is humanity dying a slow, painful, contagious death?

Maniacs are squandered everywhere

 An innocent life is either exhumed by terrorists

Or

It is dying a premature death at the hands of lunatics.

As we claim to live in a progressive world

Of revolutionary developments

Somewhere we leave behind a hollow sensibility

Our conscience is dead

Our life is burrowed in material gains

We flock in mob activities

And put our Nation to shame

We destroy a budding life

And

Beat around a barren bush

Looking for a needle in the haystack

So many bends in the corner

Leading towards an empty trail

A ‘dying child’ dies for lack of medical aid

He is shunted from one hospital to another

 And

In the process breathes his last

Who is to blame for this gross negligence?

                                                                                         ~Shobha Diwakar

                                                                                             Jabalpur, India

3 Comments

  1. A very astounding thing to have happened in an institution of learning. Are we trying to teach our children that murder, rape & other crimes are what is known as enlightenment of the mind. Today unfortunately our country is being put to shame by such heinous acts going on in the seat of education. It’s spreading like fire which needs to be extinguished before the entire country is devoured by it.

  2. A very astounding thing to have happened in an institution of learning. Are we trying to teach our children that murder, rape & other crimes are what is known as enlightenment of the mind?Today unfortunately our country is being put to shame by such heinous acts going on in the seat of education. It’s spreading like fire which needs to be extinguished before the entire country is devoured by it.

  3. TrueASB, very TRUE there is no difference between animals and wild men in this enlightened world of gross disorder.