Lives Lost And No Answers

Another plane crash So bizarre and unpredictable No mechanical failure, no foul weather No war time weapon's blowing Just the result of a troubled human mind When and where crookedness destroys us There is no telling! God save us from maniac and evil minds! Long time back I read Ramcharitmanas An epic Hindi poetry of love and devotion Implanting the story of Shree Ram with all its beauty And grandiose upon the hearts of millions of people Availed to them in the lyrics of Common's language To sing, meditate and perform God's descent in human form. Reading the beautiful beginning prayers and invocations I came to halt at the prayers offered to people of vice Asking for their blessings for the completion of epic I was surprised to read humble prayers offered By sage Tulsidas in such beauteous way On account of my immaturity I couldn't Understand the reason for it Only way I had seen or heard evil dealt with Was through wars and punishment! Long time have passed since my thoughts evolved Now when I see the harm done by savage humans I think and admire those lovely invocations Those are the ways of saints I understand now How wisely a saint knows the limits Of mankind in eradication of wickedness And how wisely he seeks with humility The blessing of not only God and saints Full of love and light of divinity But crooks too, full of malice and cruelty Capable of wiping out all his effort even At the expense of their own lives Like a hail stone damaging the crop Even though melting itself in process Like a insane pilot full of rage bringing down the plane And crushing himself to death with none to blame God save us from such maniacs and evil minds. Again and again it happens Again and again our hearts cry out Again and again my memory turns To those lines of amazing beauty Written centuries back by a wise, Pious and saint poet of uncanny ability Into the depth of human nature bringing solace To tormented hearts when no answers are found To life's unsolved problems. 3.26 2014