Bhisma Poem by Himanshu Parida

Do you think;
by keeping quiet and maintaining
a deadly silence
You would wash off your hands
from the sin committed in front of you?
Do you think; by closing your eyes
to everything happening in front of you
you have become dignified?
Have you lost your speech, your mind and your ability to think?
Do you not have the heart to feel?
The person committing the crime
Takes the pride that it's with the consent of all present there
He has got the approval to declare the act of crime
as a natural development of the event.