THE DARK REVELATIONS

Dark days of ignorance
faded out
by flashing light across the society
on revocation of
emergency by the ruthless
dictator after citizens rose in revolt
the forcing the former to flee
away seeking asylum
in another country
ruled by another dictator.
Till then hidden developments under
the darkness
the hitherto concealed facts
came to light
which sent thunders down our
spines.
We came to know
shocking revelations of
the vanishing thousands
into the dust-bins of
history
disappearance of ocean
of slums and its occupants
in the name of beautification
of metros elsewhere
ruthlessly castrated youths
teenagers and priests in the name
of stemming population growth
the burial grounds of
those rebels who revolted
against the dictator
the skulls, limbs, bones
decaying flesh
the winds of
nauseating stench
blowing across the land
after the dark days
of ignorance were lifted
after windows and doors opened
and light flowed in
let us ask you
whether the dark days
of ignorance of history
were better
and
whether there is something
called ‘dark days of
enlightenment’.