Reflections of the world

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Curtain unwilling to fall, it drops

Time waits inside the minds

Of surprise-less spectators

What they’re going to see is seen

Thousands of times before

Curtain raises, theatre begins.

Obstinate insanity

Irritation without provocation

Pelting heart-shaped stones here and there to hurt

Incoherent cruel words pop from the brain

Masked in kindness on the dais

Notorious show of power, violence

These are reflections of the world.

It is inflicted with ulcer

Doesn’t want to visit a doctor

Recognizes the disease as remedy

Wants to keep the other wanting

For more

With names of disarmament,

Sensitizes people starving for food

On global warming

To safeguard the endangered environment

Where sentient beings are never its part

Teachers have failed in their breaths
Gallons of wealth bleeding out

To mobilise arms, weapons instead of crops.

Stop! Stop, stop... lame words beat the eardrums non-stop

But congealed organs are fixed at one point

Incapable to learn and cure

The power to live in peace freezes inside

Smiling with unease to meet death

There’s no bewilderment, no awe, no astonishment

Teachers, doctors have left the premises long ago

They lost their roles in the hands of eccentric deliberations

Living in false admiration to build and heal

They see like us, without any shout, appeal.

Mirrors have broken in the dressing room

Stage refusing to support, but willy-nilly performs its role

With popcorn words

For the spectators and the actors

Lunacy is ecstasy

Powerless performers die in the hands of audiences

They mimic our thoughts

Conflict is the reason to live

Peace the reason to die

These are the reflections of the world.

Unwilling curtain drops

Time waits in the minds of surprise-less audience

For the next episode, for the next generation

With unmistakable prediction of the same bitterness

Until the fire burns the uneasy organs

Reflects light through its own reflection

Cries, howls, destroys the thoughts dead and blind

Caressing with warmth those ignorant minds

Ignites them to life, burns those insecure weapons

Pounding heavy in the hearts

Commands the curtain to drop

The useless histrionics

To stop! Stop, stop.