Punishment

a poem by Sony Dalia

?????
any name,
any time
any place
any day….
the game
is same!

Varanasi
London
Karachi
Paris
Delhi
Hyderabad…

Sunday
Black Friday
Red Tuesday
Yellow Easter
Green Wednesday…

August
March
December
January…

Didn’t the bard counsel?
‘What is in name,
a rose is a rose is a rose’.

Labels for misleading,
slogans for misguiding,
tags to entice, bags to entrap,
the game is known, designs well defined!

Loss of life
alters not with faith,
tragedy is a tragedy is a tragedy
whenever it is;
wherever it happens!

Condemn killers!
Blast inhumanity!
Blow away anarchists!
Let peace reign supreme!

Life, God’s gift…
snatching certainly greatest sin
any time
any where
any day!
Jesus was right:
“These men know not what they are doing!”
Forgive them, greatest punishment!