THE TRAGEDY OF NEWTOWN

The dawn bid farewell to the dark night,
with smiling lips as it always did,
the birds chirped, soared high and dived down,
flew from one twig to the other, as they always did.
 
The morning received the smiling sun,
had with it a little fun, as it always did.
The soothing wind blew across,
hissed and kissed all around, as it always did.
 
Bidding a warm bye to their dear ones,
the buds entered  their school from the magnificent gate,
With the parting kisses, fresh on their rosy cheeks,
they smiled around, unaware of what was in store in their fate.
 
Suddenly a dark cloud rose across the clear sky,
It tainted its grace and shadowed its gait,
Some unknown fear spread in the air,
Some undercurrent flew within the school right from its gate
 
 
Some devil forced himself into the school, spread his wild paws,
showered bullets into the chests of the daffodils and the orchids.
You needed the heart of steel to see them lying in the pool of blood.
one couldn’t stand the piercing shrieks, the forlorn cries of these buds,
 
A catastrophe had dawned and targeted the innocent buds,
even cruellest of the cruel couldn’t withstand such a use of the guns
Utter chaos spread around when the parents beat their chests,
Some wept for their daffodil like daughters, some for orchid like sons.
 
Mankind has sunk very low, and even the toddlers are not spared,
candle lights, prayer meetings, in fashion, can’t heal a mother‘s frown,
Obama's of the world need to ponder over the tragedy of Newtown,
else the menace may spread to  every school and engulf every town.

(Dedicated to the innocent teachers/children who left us on 14 December, 2012, as a result of a trigger happy devil who spread his wild paws on the poor school located in Newtown, C.T.)