Part 2 of 2035

Dear Readers . I had written this poem after a devastating earthquake struck the state of Gujarat/India way back in the year 2001 . It was the 26th of January that fateful day . In this severe catastrophe , thousands had perished and numerous people were maimed .

I now feel like sharing this poem for the people of 'Haiti' which has been struck with a similar earthquake . Thus am doing so here , replacing 'Gujarat' in the last line of this poem with 'Haiti' .

I'll also be sharing another poem of mine (in another post here) titled ' She Collapsed ' written immediately by me after the Gujarat earthquake - to sensitize people of the enormity of this Herculean calamity .

The Poem -

Lets visit all areas disastrously decimated; try and bring a smile to
those lips swollen with inexplicable pain,

Lets extricate injured bodies from beneath the debris; transport them
at swashbuckling speeds to the nearest hospital,

Lets evacuate all that mangled junk sprawled on the streets; dump it at
a place where none can sight it,

Lets sit around people sobbing with hysteria; wipe the
tears trickling down their cheeks with omnipotent words of consolation,

Lets search our dwellings voraciously for indispensable amenities;
distribute them chivalrously amongst those shivering in the inclement cold,

Lets audaciously clamber up shattered edifices; help people retrieve
their precious and lifetime belongings,

Lets construct mammoth tarpaulin tents; to sequester people who fear to
venture back into their abode,

Lets sing melodious tunes which resolutely permeate the atmosphere;
portraying the insatiable urge to survive,

Lets lift all those orphaned on our shoulders; try our best to emulate
their slain parents,

Lets philander on the dilapidated lanes carrying gargantuan bundles of
immaculate bandage; scrupulously wind the same on people with fresh
wounds,

Lets assist the police in tracing those deplorable builders; charge
them with the highest treason for swindling innocuous people,

Lets curtail rumor mills from escalating high; prevent all possible
pandemonium resulting as a baseless aftermath,

Lets provide fortification to substantially weakened structures;
meticulously ensuring they get reinforced with the highest pedigree of cement,

Lets take aerial snaps of the towns annihilated; emboss the same in
newspapers; for the world to get a glimpse of the unfathomable tragedy,

Lets converse for marathon hours with the survivors; try our best to
comprehend their concerns and requirements,

Lets intensely communicate on behalf of those bereaved; make
indefatigable attempts to locate their siblings overseas,

Lets pay equal attention to scores of animals maimed; try and mitigate
their suffering by adeptly dressing their wounds,

Lets carry pails of fresh water in all those colonies; wholesomely
obfuscated from the outside world,

Lets educate the people more vociferously; about the earthquake and its
possible ramifications,

Lets procure tones of stringent chlorine tablets from the government;
allot them benevolently to try and impede infection from circulating,

Lets donate blood traversing through our veins; giving it to those who
haven't enough of it left in their shriveled bodies,

Lets chisel out ways and magnanimous means to employ millions; who have
been divested of their jobs and homes,

Lets adopt all those wailing infants; who were found incarcerated in
the arms of their dead mothers,

Lets stand tall and unflinching in this hour of insurmountable crisis;
assist the people all round the globe; as well as those surviving to; 'REBUILD
A NEW HAITI .

(c) (r) copyright- by nikhil parekh. all rights reserved.

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