REALITIES & HOPES

Blowing conch-shells from temples’ premises,
at inauspicious moments,
‘holy-men’ inflaming the religious passions,
of the worshippers,
to take up cudgels against the ‘enemies’,
ringing church bells,
the priests preaching to the flock,
to launch crusades against the ‘enemies’,
clerics exhorting from inside the mosques,
calling upon followers,
to launch ‘jihads’ against the ‘infidels’,
---------mothers being pushed out,
of the houses into the streets,
by their progenies,
and making love with their spouses,
women being set ablaze,
demanding more dowries,
children being sexually abused by paedophiles,
thunder-strokes,
quite unexpected,
on calm serene, tranquil days,
like bomb explosions,
a world where,
everything or
anything
is possible.
So what?.
I hope
a day would come
when conch-shells being blown from temples’ premises,
church bells being rung,
exhortations from inside the mosques,
for a peaceful, serene and a tranquil dawn.