Tuesday, July 29, 2014

THE EUPHORIA

Hopes dashed to the ground
castle of dreams broken down
Jasmine scent a thing of past.
Every good effort went in vain

Libya
For exorcising the ghost
suffering millions took up cudgels
against the dictator Col.Muammar Qaddafi
who like a leech, stuck to his throne
and ordered  his loyal
militia to ruthlessly
suppress the rebellion
which went on for
two to three months.
The civilians refused
to cow down to the machinations of
the wicked autocrat.
With courage and determination fought
to dislodge the man from the citadel of power
until scenting the jasmine flowers of victory
the stubborn Col.was finally caught, dragged and lynched to death.
The exorcising of the ghost
finally achieved heralding a new dawn.
Unfortunately the dust of euphoria subsided after a short spell.
With the outbreak of another civil war
the scent of jasmine faded away.

Egypt
More than three decades in power
the ruthless, arrogant, authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak
found himself in serious trouble with the civilians
gathering at Tahrir Square
demanding his abdication from power.
On the orders of the dictator
his loyal dedicated army men
with sophisticated weapons
though triggered their guns
though threw bombs and grenades
which exploded at Tahrir Square
claimed thousands of lives.
The rebellion grew more and more stronger
until the person who
ruled more than three decades
had to bow down before the demands of civilians
and allowed himself to be their slave.
There too euphoria after a lull died down.
The rulers with authoritarian tendencies 
elevated themselves to the throne
civilians turned out be a
disappointed, disillusioned lot 
with military capturing the throne.
The scent of Jasmine exiled from Egypt too
within a short period.

Yemen
The scent of jasmine
which enveloped Yemen
forced the then ruler and his cohorts
remain sleepless
with the consolidation of the suffering thousands
coming under one banner
and saw to it that
the dictator was ousted.
God alone knows
how long peace would prevail…

Syria
With Jasmine scent
already a thing of the past
even after three years
Syria finds itself in doldrums
with no sight to the civil war subsiding.
A despicable, hated, ruthless ruler
and his loyal soldiers on the one hand
and the amoebic growth of militant outfits
Syria finds itself
between the Satan and the rock
close to two lakhs killed
and millions fled for life
Syria is now a ghost nation
waiting for a power to exorcise the ghost of dictatorship.


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