The World So Far… A Poem

The World So Far… by Alok Mishra

The edge of the earth isn’t horrible
as the centre has become.
We slay just for food
as we do for modern faith.
Who cares the water on Mars
except those who ignore blood
on our earth.

Countries, continents, wall, newspaper
and television
all linger through the day
but we tend (or pretend?)
to forget that old, hungry, feeble man
whom we meet daily on the way
to the lavish office apartment
which touches the impotent clouds
in the barren sky.

How far have we come?
How far shall we go?

Some lives matter a lot;
most of them don’t at all.
Those who matter are eaten by science
and those who don’t
by the polluted religion.
And those who are baffled
look for the reason
search for a region
and we all have lost
our old, good vision
which once saw the world
as one big family!

Alok Mishra

First and foremost a poet, Alok Mishra is an author next. Apart from these credentials, he is founder & Editor-in-Chief of Ashvamegh, an international literary magazine and also the founder of BookBoys PR, a company which helps writers brand themselves and promote their books. On this blog, Alok mostly writes about literary topics which are helpful for literature students and their teachers. He also shares his poems; personal thoughts and book reviews.

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waheeda says:
12th July 2017 at 11:18 am
the degenerating world of wisdom and sanity…………truth in every word…
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1. Alok Mishra says:
  12th July 2017 at 11:31 am
  Wow, Waheeda! Great to see you here! And true, we are losing what we had to keep deep in our hearts!
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The World So Far… by Alok Mishra

The edge of the earth isn’t horrible as the centre has become. We slay just for food as we do for modern faith. Who cares the water on Mars except those who ignore blood on our earth.

Countries, continents, wall, newspaper and television all linger through the day but we tend (or pretend?) to forget that old, hungry, feeble man whom we meet daily on the way to the lavish office apartment which touches the impotent clouds in the barren sky.

How far have we come? How far shall we go?

Some lives matter a lot; most of them don’t at all. Those who matter are eaten by science and those who don’t by the polluted religion. And those who are baffled look for the reason search for a region and we all have lost our old, good vision which once saw the world as one big family!

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