At What Cost Here? Poem by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

At what cost here?
Wednesday,21st October 2020

None likes destruction
especially poor nations
who can ill afford!
and always appeal to the world

we all know
about the complexity, but go
by the national sentiments
and present ourselves as a patriot

it is commercial interest
that rocks the nations at worst
no one thinks of the holocaust
but thinks of the lost ground

preparation for war at peacetime
you sweat for more times
and enjoy its fruit in wartime
to go for war is an international crime

They do not confine it to borders alone
but spread to the capital city of the nation
that stands high with national spirit
and replies befittingly

loss incalculable
adds misery to the people
the economic condition remains pathetic
basic values take back seat

Dr jadia Hasmukh