Ferry Fear

Ocean of water Running over thousand eight hundred miles Wherever I see Water water everywhere Ferry service in full swing Between Medertary and Dhubri Of the beautiful Brahmaputra At times frightening too On one such trip With more than four hundred people onboard Workmen, women and children all among them Some motorbikes too Precariously placed Dark vegetation found all over shores Catamarans here and there Fisherman boats hovering around Looking for feasty fishing When all of a sudden Heavy cyclone Followed by thunder and lightning The ferry almost nearing shore Twisted and swirled Rocking terribly Collapsing completely Everyone fell Drenched deep inside the massive river A little later Rescue operations started desperately More than two hundred people washed aside Many still drowned Lets all pray for those noble souls To rest in peace And no such disastrous incidents happen…