Poetry

Stop Deceiving!

It wasn’t corona

the futileness of blaming a virus

A creature of no mind

still caused great devastation

Replicated across countries

infected millions

But who is the culprit?

who lost humanity and made billions

Who are they?

the factory owners, the businessmen

or the ones inside chambers

elected as statesmen

 

Is it the result

of some people’s actions

who ran without a mask

in rallies for election

who violated their own rules

in greed for a vote

and comprised lives of thousands

who came for their hope

The kumbh mela no doubt is a pride

the economy too needs to grow

But wont you be responsible?

For the ones in the death row.

 

I see them cry,

Some for their lives, some for a living

Waiting for a cure

waiting for a vaccine

The virus cant see neither listen

to their sufferings

I urge the ones who do

They are your people, stop deceiving.

 

                                                            ~ Swastik Sekhar Panigrahi

                                                                    Bhubaneswar, India

One Comment

  1. It’s a beautiful poem which is expressing the reality of what’s going on. Keep writing.