9/11 IN RETROSPECT

Twenty and two years lies in the back garden,

Where the whole world assembled in that castle,

A day that forced the world to her knees,

As the world trade fare crumbled,

And many sent to their early grave.

The wickedness of the heartless was in the sky,

As the thunderous blast tore down world house,

World wailed at the waiting talking screen,

Not a single country was left out of mourning,

A day when the devil and the world dine together at the gate of hell,

The wound still looks fresh on the bereaved families and friends.

Two decades and two years was an history untold,

Should humanity lives in the hearts of all,

That demon wouldn’t have wrecked havoc on fellow men,

Hatred has no resting room, where love has no room left unoccupied,

9/11, we will remember till our last breath.

To the lost souls we placed our solidarity

By their grave yards,

To the bereaved families, we pray for a renewed comfort,

To the sponsors of wickedness and terrorism,

We admonish them to choose humanity over fanaticism,

Let the world come to understand,

That good neighborliness is without hatred,

That humanity first, before religionism,

That peace as nothing to do with war or violence,

That tolerance is the only virtue that keeps us in bond despite our different faces,

That one evil act begat another horrendous one,

That diplomacy without love is an act of war.

As the world reflects on 9/11, and mourns the tragedy in Marrakech,

Let us embrace love for all and hatred for none.