Hello Mr. Terrorist Poem by Preetam Shetty

Hello Mr. Terrorist

Rating: 5.0


Hello Mr. Terrorist, how are you,
You don’t know me, to you I am new.
I am a child eight years old, living in dismay,
Right from the day, you took my daddy away.

My mom keeps crying, all day and night,
She doesn’t smile, I don’t like her plight.
When I am hungry, I ask for bread and honey,
But she just sobs, says there is no more money.

You know downstream, there lives a brat,
He always used to eye, my ball and my bat.
Yesterday he snatched both; he gave me a smack,
Nobody to save me, please give my daddy back.

Daddy used to get me chocolates, after work,
I’ll give them to you, I shall show no smirk.
I’ll give you El, my favorite teddy,
All I ask of you is, please give me my daddy.

I know you snatched him, In the name of your fight,
But I need my daddy, I am sure that is my right.
I plead before you, in the name of your own lad,
Also in the name of someone, whom you call your dad.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michelle Al G 01 June 2010

WOW i really mean it wow it is amazing i see a real poet♥ god job :) it is offcially my 1 fav poem honestly! :)

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Gita Ashok 01 June 2010

A very well written poem on such a sensitive theme. I like the rhyme scheme, too. I almost cried after reading this one. It's so filled with sorrow and pain - of losing someone near and dear to a barbaric and unpardonable act of terrorism that has become commonplace today. When will humans become humane ever again? I wonder. I hope and pray such literary work will help in some way to make the world a safer and better place to live in.

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Queeny Gona 08 June 2010

The pain or agony of the little boy on loosing his dad is crystal clear, On reading this no one can control their emotions in shedding tears! So did I, Heart throbbing

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Neleen * 02 June 2010

I find it very strange... Your request to comment on this poem after I had just once again mourned my own daddy's death. He died on the 31st of May and to me this is just a terrible day. It is very sad for this young boy to have lost his dad in such a way. My story, however is much different... While mommy was pregnant with me, she became desperately ill. Dr told daddy she wouldn't make it, not to mention baby making it. This was too much to bare for his sensitive soul, and after all he had gone through since childhood...he succeeded in comitting suicide only two years after I was born. I suppose, maybe not intentionally, the coming of me, was the blame of a lot of pain and misery to our wonderful family. The scars still remain, some would say 'what a shame'. I will always have questions unanswered. I don't even know wether I will see him in heaven one day to ask him, why daddy, why. Was he even able to hold me without remorse. Thank God 31 May is just one day...

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Merna Ibrahim 02 June 2010

A very very touching poem.you expressed the feelings of a sad and a desperate boy in perfect way! ! Yes, the father is the mainstay of safety and tranquility in the person's life.. I hope all the Terrorists would disappear from our world and let children enjoy living with their families. a TEN indeed! ! Merna

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Salman Qureshi 20 September 2018

No Word to say! Literally tears on my eyes...Amazing Poem i have ever seen! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Bahubali Bhalerao 03 August 2018

Very Nice! Really emotions of a child narrated Deeply!

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C N Prem Kumar 19 July 2010

Excellent poem. The subject matter is conveyed in a touchy way.

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Pranab K Chakraborty 11 June 2010

Beautiful Preetam. You have done it. So manly your approach and so softly you have hit the heartless heart-runners- really you have got the skill of appealing humanity in a lucid way. It may be, in course of time, this boy becomes another terrorist to revenge his parents death. May it be. Any way, you have again proved your social sense properly with your aesthatic ability in field of poetry. Thank you, write more.... 10+++ Apoet B

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Gregory Pierre-jerome 08 June 2010

please read simple love on my list and thanks.......you are indeed da best poet yet

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