Poem penned by Zahid Majeed
OH! my God
Stop this virus
For the sake of Children.
They are disturbed by this virus,
And just like that
The world goes silent;
And the human civilisation is homebound.
The air gets clearer and noise reduced;
Vehicles seem to have vanished,
And life came to a halt.
What the chirping birds hid behind?
All the mess of living race,
And the chaotic buzzing has withered, off the passing days.
Disputes forgotten and differences kept aside,
Those fighting each other are now standing beside,
To find a remedy to completely eradicate the pandemic,
And restore the dying human race.
Quarantined, Locked Down & barred them all;
Measures taken to prevent its spread;
Stay Home, Stay Safe & wash your hands;
Precautionary measures in our heads fed.
It will be gone very soon; enough
To one day be remembered as a lesson for all,
Let’s take the steps necessary now,
Before nations and humanity tend to fall.
This is just a setback we are facing,
Soon we will be back to life as we were living.
A virus so small has scared us all,
Admist all this fear we yet stand tall.
Finally there will come the day again
The chaotic life we cannot refrain,
Living free and thriving then
A new way of living about to begin.
Oh! Zahid don’t cry
This is a blessing from
Almighty to we people
Oh! The children of ADAM
Let’s take a bow before Allah
And he will make us
Healthy and happy
Stay Positive Stay Strong,
Let’s face this setback once and for all;
Never more to see again
Such days where life is nothing but a living hell.
(The Author is the student of Arabic language and literature at IUST Awantipora. Views are his own)
