Jallianwala Bagh - A Massacre Poem by Anshul Gupta

No, please, I have a child with me
Don't shoot, I have a child with me.

I have nowhere to run
please stop them someone
there is no place to hide
please stop them someone.

Take my life spare my child
Take me as the prey of your bullet
I beg of you please spare my child.

God please save us from this rainfall of ammunition
I pray for your benediction
These demons have gotten wild
They will hurt my little child.

Oh my child, are you alright?
Speak up my baby, are you alright?

Your bullet has claimed my child’s life
Your insanity has claimed my child’s life.

Are you still hungry?
Are you thirsty for more?
If yes, then take my life too
for there is nothing left for me to live anymore.

My child has transcended to the highest
and you have descended to the lowest
God has witnessed your barbaric acts
Whole humanity will have to pay for your debts.

Nowhere will your soul find the place to hide
Nowhere your soul will find the way to run
God's wrath will surely fall upon you
His justice spares none.

My Mother India will get Her independence some day
She will be free from your clutches some day.
No innocent will be murdered again
no parent will cry in vain.

Rich and poor will be seen alike
My country will be free of strife
God will once again take birth from human's womb
There will be no bullet and there won't be any bomb.

Such will be its Civilization
Such will be my Free Nation
That is Her destination
Such will be my Free Nation!

Jai Hind!

(15.08.2011; New Delhi; India)