Let the hands be at distance
Not the hearts
Let mouth and nose be veiled
Not the conscience
Let the borders be closed
Not the humanity
For this too shall pass
And let we not still drift apart
Tensed is the world we live in
So is the stressed up earth
That let us live in
Deluge and destruction
Disease and death
Are the order of the day
But this too shall pass
As the trend is here to say
H1N1, SARS, Nipah, Corona
What else can we bet?
Just to see what comes next?
Isn’t it the time to pause
And look back at all that we lost
Ethics, compassion, brotherhood
Cocooned in a family
We less care who lives side by
Money could buy everything we learnt
But what an irony
Now, for the basics we fight
Clean air, pure water, unadulterated food
Were all free before this race did start
What all have we left to gift our children
Lovely masks, oxygen bars, treated water, poisoned grains
Alarm bells are ringing so loud
Apathy is that we still don’t hear the sound
Something has put us bound inside
Giving us all one last chance to decide
Do we continue to do what we did all the way?
Yes, take it for sure, doomsday is not too far away!
Let the hands be at distance
Not the hearts
Let mouth and nose be veiled
Not the conscience
Let the borders be closed
Not the humanity
Let we not still drift apart
For, this too shall pass
Without wax
Ash
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