Today, I weep,
I weep for myself
And I weep for humanity.
I succumb to my own weaknesses
Allowing misery to engulf me
While hailstones larger than golf balls
Obliterate my heart writhing in pain.
I weep over the whims and wishes
Of a most avaricious and contentious world
Where callousness and indifference
Make a perfect blend for uncanny
Loathsome thoughts which keep me
Transfixed for hours in my mundanr routine.
I think of the beaten and the battered,
The abducted and the missing,
The shooting and killing,
The drug addicts and the lunatics,
The debilitating agony of humanity,
The world crucified upside down,
And I weep.
I come not with Anthony’s oratorial
Powers on Caesar’s funeral,
I come not with Cleopatra’s charms
To be cynosure of all eyes,
I come not even as the perfect epitome
Of the modern women, in glitz and glamor,
I come here as a simple poetess
And have an empire of my own
Deep within my heart.
My whole empire is weeping
And it will weep every hour of the day
Until peace will be established
On planet earth where all men
Will live like brothers.
pramila khadun
It is ever the hallmark of a true Poet that their work critically responds to and sheds moral light upon contemporary society.This author does so with exemplary acumen and aplomb.
Thanks dear friend Louis for this touching and wonderful comment.Humbly honored.
An excellent, introspective, and allusive literary work.
Thanks dear Vijay for this mindblowing comment.
The ebb and flow of a society, put in a rhythm…. introspecting whole darn world.
Humbly honored by your touching comment dear Sameer, thanks.
The poem is powerful and hits the reader to create a lasting impact. And the poem cannot be powerful if the poetess isn’t.
Humbly honored by this great comment of yours dear Rashmi, thanks sis.