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Wounded Sisters - US and India
Two sister lands,- US and Mumbai fair
Can boast a strange familiarity,
Both have experienced and now can share
The reign of terrorist atrocity.
US and India, bold sisters you of pride,
Embrace and hug each other tenderly,
But after hugging sisters go and fight
The agents of the pit of Infamy.
Oh mystery of evil that befell
The land of mystics, and saints recondite,
The victim of the hideous force of hell
That plans destruction of the lands of light.
Lo! - 9/11 it is yet again, -
Foes change their tactics, plans -, they alternate,
This time wirh India's suffering and pain,
No borders knows the realm of blunt hate.
Ah! Mumbai's center and the fiscal hub,
Of struggling and so valiant a land,
A victim in the hands of Beelzebub,
Who thinks himself the victor in command.
Mumbai is under siege, lo! under siege!
Its finest cherished landmarks are brought low,
The reckless foes take harmless hostages,
Spurred by the winds of Tartarus below.
The numbers of the killed increase,
The hideous fireballs flame high and bright,
And India's visitors by dragons' teeth
Are fast devoured in portentious night.
Mumbai is under siege, is under siege!,
Bombs, sharp grenades and heavy shells explode,
Nowhere is found secure a safety niche,
But turning to a just and loving God.
A shadow deep falls now on our fest,
Thanksgiving - with so many a bitter tear,
Oh wounded sister- stand up to your test,
We are with you and hold you very dear.
Ah wounded deeply, sister dear you are,
By a horrific and nefarious foe,.
But nothing can you lovely image mar,
That keeps its saintly and its valient glow.
very evocative and heart rendering. So sad that this is going on and we can only pray peace will find it's way..
Nicely done.