'Pride And Humility' Poem by Pushpinder Kaur

Pride and Humility

Is a moment to be proud
Also, the most humbling time?

Perhaps pride and humility
Are like black and white…
Day and night

One would not be known without
The other

These times as of now
Are not new
The world has known much more
And worse

Each epoch has its share of misery
Learning and Enlightenment
Apocalypse and Revelation

When your near and dear ones
Are in the face of something deadly
Which is killing a dime a dozen
Providing them the last
Healing touch
Signing off
Death Certificates

When the family cannot see
The face of those gone
For fear of interacting with the Monster
When the last rites are taken away from
Those nearest
When a house lies silent
The reality revealed only
At the breaking down of the door…
When caravans of cadavers
Are carried in lines uninterrupted
When life comes to a standstill
And you know nothing about tomorrow
When there is only the chirping of the birds to be heard
All else being muted
Like Death
It's the time for humbling
A lesson for Humanity

The world is brought closer
Through the enforcement
The lockdowns and the quarantine

The distant moans, cries and heaving
To be heard in this
Overwhelming Silence…

The skies are silent too
Freed from the droning of planes
No smoky streaks of the jets
Nor cities of people
Buzzing around the world

A moment when
Pride and humbling
Lose every barrier

It's a moment of reckoning
A moment for a silent prayer
Coming from the interims of the heart
Rising as a gathering force
To provide a positive vibe
And a healing touch

God is appearing…



Pushpinder Kaur COVID-19
21.04.2020 3: 45 am