Beyond The Tears And Turbulence Poem by Ravi Panamanna

The funeral is over,
The country goes into ardent prayers.
Our brethren are in tears,
They could not save their sister.

While the heart is in such contemplation,
Volcanoes are deep in eruption.
The country goes into an agitation,
It is seeking governmental intervention.

With prayers, I also join the stream,
I can clearly hear the scream.
Let our generations be free from rape,
Let them be safe from eagle's ghastly gape.

Here, I pause and take a deep breath
Let me a few points put henceforth.
Isn't too much to criticize the government
As if it is taking up measures so errant?

Politicization has been our weakness,
We are making every incident a mess.
While in a single file we should be moving abreast
Is it fair to raise our fist at every step?

Between the layman and the government,
His security is not a signed document.
When life has its own whims and fancies,
Can our laws fully save us from internal bruises?

Each one has to grow from thoughts profane,
Else, even god cannot intervene.
Let us in the dustbin burn our insidious past,
It is time we woke from our long hypnosis.
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Read this poem in continuation of my poem 'Zero in essence'. The poem has reference to the recently ghastly rape that happened in Delhi that culminated in the death of the victim and subsequent public agitation.