The challenge of NaPoWriMo today is to write an elegy – a poem typically written in honor or memory of someone dead. But we’d like to challenge you to write an elegy that has a hopefulness to it.
Here’s my submission:
Poem: My Elegy For You
Dismayed by your ominous demise
I failed to control my tears and fears
How would I survive without your shade
What shape would my future take
Would this world ever apprehend it’s loss
The way I am lost at your loss
But the only solace I have at this moment
Is the fact that it’s the end of your pain
I have seen you die slowly each moment, each day
I have witnessed you cry, plead and pray
I know your suffering and your rage
So maybe you are liberated out of cage
Oh humanity! You were the savior of this world
But alas! You were maltreated and tortured
Exploited by acts, conduct and desires
You were stripped, raped, murdered and fired
Oh dear humanity! How pitiable are the people of this world
Oh dear humanity! This elegy is not just in your honor
This elegy is a cue for humans
To wake up, grieve and remorse
Oh I urge you dear humanity
To consider a rebirth
For this world would quickly doom
Without your care and healing touch
©Vandana Bhasin
This is heartbreaking and so very true. Let’s hope there will be a revolution and we will return to our source!
Wow Vandana, I am speechless… Great write Vandana… Hope humanity can take a rebirth in everyone… 🙂
We do need to search for humanity and plead it to revive once again so that this world becomes a little bit more livable. Wonderful write Vandana.
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Beautifully written xx
Very nice and touches the heart !