Ensnared!

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Dogmas and doctrines, do’s and don’ts

Snuff out the questions, demolish the won’ts.

As mankind battles over an invisible God

Peace is conquered by perpetual discord.

Voices of dissent are smothered, freedom of expression choked

To a set of mindless beliefs our senses hopelessly yoked.

God reduced to an obsession, an idea gone terribly wrong

A thing to possess, a tool to control, with arrogance headstrong!

We’re not even a speck in the mighty cosmos,

Yet with inflated heads and grandiose egos

We stake claim to a divinity we can’t ever fathom.

Faiths fight, Convictions kill and Reason goes numb!

Gone is the simple goodness, there’s more take than give

Lost is the basic kindness, the compassion to live and let live

    While fighting to prove our “own” God right, Humanity we have maimed

Ensnared in devastating inebriation, Divinity we have shamed!



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Why??

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It’s too much of a disturbing coincidence. December 16, 2012 & December 16, 2014 – both among the darkest times for humanity in recent years! Two years ago, shocked and traumatised after the Nirbhaya incident, it seemed that mankind couldn’t descend any lower than this, that this must surely be the nadir of brutality. Sadly, humanity continues to plummet to unbelievable levels.

It’s impossible to escape the irony of it all – the callous manner in which the perpetrators justify these insane acts in the name of “God” – the very idea that stands for love, peace and goodness. It must take a sick mind to take a life and a twisted, cowardly, monster of a mind to murder innocent and defenceless children while they are at school,  in the process of imbibing lessons that will equip them to build a future.

The lucky ones who escaped the chilling attack will be the ones scarred forever, embittered by this cruel twist of fate. The first images pouring in of the tragedy showed a young boy expressing his outrage by vowing to take revenge and destroy those who destroyed his friends. While such a reaction is understandable in his present situation, it is scary too – as it fuels the feeling of vengeance and lets continue the eye for an eye attitude that has dragged humanity down to its lowest.

The unimaginable anguish of the parents who have lost their children to this gruesome tragedy is something that will stay with them forever – no condolences and support are going to be able to console them. Words too fall short of expressing the utter helplessness, devastation, disgust and pain that this incident has sparked in millions of hearts. 

It is a shameful day for humankind. The only prayer that we can collectively make is to hope that no more minds allow themselves to get warped and twisted, that the human race sees reason and stops this madness before it is too late.