Snapshot Of A Shadowy Scene Poem by Ayni Poet

Lightning striking everywhere
Disrupting an ecstatic stillness,
Buildings shaking on their firmament,
Hearts tossing in smoky sand,
Twisted messages flying across the sky,
Brothers repelling one another,
The world of things shrivels in pain.

Moments of splendor and scenes of horror,
Greed and rush ruling minds,
Marathons ran for false satisfaction,
A mirage of betterment clouding eyes,
Fire and ice swallowed
By an ignorant, opaque Earth.