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