Mediterranean Blues

Mediterranean blues - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Red has turned the Mediterranean Glimmering like that of a sunset crimson Whether it’s dawn or dusk Makes no difference to their task Even embarrassed is the sun At the sight of purple stain And the moon beneath the shimmering skies Fears to bath in the Mediterranean red-blues This is not a geographical phenomenon But a graphic testament of man’s inhumanity to man Alongside the beach, the captives are seen Lined up to be beheaded anon Whether it’s Iraq or Syria Paris or Libya Egypt or Jordan or Copenhaghen Tentacles of terrorism reaching every region Prostrating us before them Not to beg for life but to be slain in mayhem Indeed the turbulence in the region Is frantically acquiring a frightful dimension Oh brutal beings! Be kind to the human kind For we are all children of the same God Which kind of religion do you preach? That teaches you humanity to lynch Are you bereft of all your senses? That refrain you not from killing your brothers and sisters Are your hands made of iron? And your heart nothing but a stone Denuded of a feel Of kindness, love, and affection supposed to be the nectar of God for all You carry many a bad name Like cynics and malefactors and slayers, indeed a shame And God might be ashamed Of creating you in His beautiful world And shedding tears alone “Accursed what a blunder I have done” Whether it is east or west You go on building your nest Only meant to kill innocents And destroy God’s creations at best Birds build and ants so organized Never do they harm anybody, rather for peace they bleed Oh you preachers! Stop abrading and tearing this earth, your mother In whose lap we are all born to make her beautiful But, alas, to see her groaning with pains unbearable Tears well up in our eyes seeing your mischief That God even is ashamed of and weeps Oh Minions of Satan, Be kind enough to spare the humanity to oblivion Or else, hell shall be a far cry for you even Please do stop overwhelming this lovely world with terrorism in the name of religion