And Life goes on without a whimper (poem) by RAVI DHAR on AuthorsDen

And Life goes on without a whimper
by RAVI DHAR → (All Poetry by RAVI DHAR)
Rated "G" by the Author.

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This poem paints the agony of the Kashmiri Pandits forced to flee from their ancestral homes and thereby rendered homeless and rootless.
Countless griefs ago On a quiet sepulchral night… When Satan shook off his pious mask And ranged the snowy breast of Earth When rats dug deeper into their burrows And cats on the prowl scratched the Earth When birds in their nests batted not an eyelid And scavengers sleepless scoured the Earth When heifers lowed not at the fall of the sword And butchers slew not uttering the Word A squall leapt up… Befuddling the wise Benumbing the young Undoing the yarn the Sufis had spun Tossing it low In the spluttering Fire Uplifting its guns in fanatic glee It vowed to make the infidel flee. Such was the night Countless griefs ago… A booming shot Then rent the sky Silence was splintered But for a while… No whirring cameras No spy cams either To chronicle the splintering of the sky… It rained bullets The 'veth' went red But the somnolent village In a pall slept… The village slept So did the world No doors no windows No lights no footsteps Silence was all Stillness was all… The mice will pop out At the break of day When the wolf with his kill Has made his Way… They whisper They stutter And life goes on without a whimper And life goes on without a whimper.

Reviewed by Deborah Munson (Reader)

Reviewed on April 8, 2008

The Creator of the Universe looked on and saw this horrific injustice and time will tell in the end that justice was indeed given though not the way we may understand or comprehend. Beautifully sad historical poem. Deborah

Reviewed by Michelle Mead

Reviewed on April 7, 2008

Powerful words, you created a powerful image with them as well.