ODE TO BEANT SINGH

Bomb explosions, the looting and the killings,
Fire all around and blood strained streets,
Anger, anguish, terror and bestiality had reduced
Man to a mere play thing, stultified administration,
The bond of love that binds humanity and
Induces national integration was shredded to the core,
Frenzied manifestation of intimidatory tactics,
All newspapers splashed nothing but massacres,
Of innocent people relating to one community,
And the wild tempest uprooted many big trees in quick succession……….
And all human hearts yearning to get rid of —-
Deadly fangs of terrorism spread unwarranted ………

Experiment after experiment failed to check the menace,
All Mechiavellian manoeuvres flopped to click,
And the entire Punjab continued to bleed profusely………
Snatching sons of soil from the lap of mother earth,
Extinguishing fire from the hearths,
Widowing hundreds of young brides, and
Orphaning thousands of delicate and sweet buds ………

But “Noorpuri” knows the length of a tunnel matters a little …….
As there dawns light at the end of each one,
Whence the dark clouds of uncertainty
Disappear – to pave way for the new hopes,
Aspirations and events to make new history………

Amidst the religion in search of new domains,
And Punjab in search of new spearheading guards,
There appeared on the horizon, with a missionary zeal –
A dynamic star called – Beant Singh ………..

With imperturbable and invulnerable will-power,
He made a call to deglamorise militancy,
And realise the worth of priceless gift of God
His supreme creation amongst all – called Man!!

When others described the killers martyrs,
And attended “militant sponsored” Bhogs,
This simple and unpretentious Beant Singh,
Visited the families of the gunned down,
Consoling, soothing and boosting their Morales,
And called the misguided youths –
To abandon their mistaken inglorious paths ………