Fraternity

Fraternity
For Paris , 13/11/2015

There is a pall over the city of lights
As it mourns the souls
Lost to the darkness of hatred
That rears its' monstrous head
to lick the blood of innocents
To feed its' insatiable appetite
Of engendering more of itself

Yet in this night of nightmare
I cling to a flickering hope
There will be tears , shock , anger
But it will exhaust itself in love
Compassion , resurgence

That the city of lights
Will shine once again
Display the principles of
Equality, Liberty, Fraternity
Without the blood letting
And a fraternity broad enough
To embrace all the innocents.

--shubha

P.S. After the terrorist attacks in Paris