It’s a quiet night.
Blink-
I switch on the TV
-a news pulls me in the stillness.
Common man killed. Again!
Oh!God why?
Darkness roars,
like the booms of the guns.
A terrorist attack...?
I peek the calendar,
then crane from
the sill
The security men look busy outside
surging the
light,
The media men still around the clots of bodies,
Searching, probing
the names of the dead….
Digging is a thirst…though
kvetching at times.
I cringe,
Oh, living is a nonsense!
I have mist…
it only multiplies in extreme situations.
Today again,
A few droplets
roll down my cheeks,
I know there’s nothing I can do.
Silence.
Twists and turns give directions to life,
I take a mental
detour-
I stop listening to the ear-worm.
That's my revenge...
My private war against media!
I sleep better.
Written for Susan's http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.in/2017/05/poets-united-midweek-motif-news-media.html
I so resonate with your lines, Panchali.....one feels helpless, discouraged and rather hopeless at the content of the news..........I,too, turn towards nature and things closer to home, to try to repair the damage done by watching my window on the world.
ReplyDeleteWell expressed. The word "silence" was very effective (for a pause)
ReplyDeleteThis is powerfully expressed and I identify! Pulling way back from the wound of horror when there is so little I can do. Maybe if I close my eyes it doesn't exist. But when the rallies get big enough I will have more hope.
ReplyDeleteI join you in this. Well said, as always. You are wise. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteWe should all take that mental detour and switch off the TV when the news comes on and not let it affect our lives. Better to look at the faces of our friends and family.
ReplyDeleteyes..yes...I loved those closing lines...and we can hope there sure will be good and noble news around the globe somewhere...!
ReplyDeleteThis is soo incredibly eloquent. You give voice to the helplessness many of us feel while watching the news.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to the 'private war against media...' Brilliant write!
ReplyDeleteI felt wrung out just reading about it – before that very understandable turning point.
ReplyDeleteThank you all...for reading and for your uplifting comments!! Truly appreciate...
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