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.