Exodus Once Again

 Exodus Once Again

 Death, destruction and despair,

Picturesque mountain land, beyond repair,

Sitting in the comfort of a home with a nameplate,

One can only contemplate at their broken fate,

Is it enough, to feel anguish at their plight,

While all this is happening in plain sight,

Crowds leaving their homes and hearth,

Foreigners and folks fleeing tyrant’s girth,

Young and old packed in a plane like sardines,

With revival of retribution by barbaric means,

Men falling from the sky like flies,

Masses fleeing the land like mice,

Women crying out for help,

“They’ll kill us”, is their yelp,

What do you fear, asks someone?

Only our dear life is the answer in unison,

Embassies close down,

Ransacked offices emit eerie sounds,

Diplomats on board a military rescue plane,

With heads buried in their hands in agony, in vain,

All projects suddenly stopped,

Every improvement task immediately dropped,

The land of saffron and pomegranates,

Now grows plants that keeps everyone in a daze,

Thousands now have home in a refugee maze,

On unwanted land, among unknown people, everyday uncertainty awaits,

Who is to be blamed, called up by their name?

Who is responsible for guns that swapped with game?

Who would bring back the lost childhood?

Bring back the schools, colleges and book?

Does it matter now that chaos surrounds!

With the innocent, poor and invalids left around!