War Poem by Angelina Pandian

War – For what?
To Subjugate
To Terrorize
To Appease God?
To Consciously Murder
With no guilt attached!
War – For what?
To show our strength
Our power above all
To kill mothers, wives
Children and aged too
Life seems to have lost
Both respect and value
So cheap the blood
It runs on streets
No face, no face
All are dead
All are one
Primal Man
When he took Stone in hand
To grab the food slain by
Brother Man
When he stood again
Back to back to defend
The fruit grove they found
Against another Clan
When Man forgot to share
To let go and move on
Then, there was War!
Ramayanam
War over woman!
Mahabharatham
War over Land!
Each land has its own Epics
I tell from my land!
Mutinies
Revolutions
Massacres
We have heard tales of all
Recorded in History
Glorified in Epics
Sung in Ballads
Still the thirst unslacked
Cowards kill innocents
Calling themselves, Terrorists!
Stupid fools come and talk
Explain your cause
Stand for it, die for it
But, how can you kill?
What rights have you?
To take, the life of another,
In your own hand?
What cause, at human loss?
Where is Gandhi?
Where is Buddha?
Did their teachings die with them?
Dust to dust and ash to ash
Have they all blown away?
Are we not Men, Humans?
People with senses six
Ruling the cycle of life?
Where has our Humanity gone?
Arise! Unite! Let us make
A War on War!