It was supposed to be
Festival of lights and delights
Till we turned it
Into Festival of hazards
Noise and Pollution
Trust humans
To sabotage humanity
With complete apathy
For themselves
And other creatures
AQI has turned
Dangerously high
Noise decibels too
Animals and birds
The very ones
That you claim
To worship
Are quivering with fear
Fires didn’t die down
Without engulfing homes
And this is not even war
Your chocolate bombs
Are for your sheer delight
While real bombs and drones
Are raining on the helpless
In Gaza and elsewhere
It doesn’t matter
As long as there is joy
In the form of sport
Or deadly entertainment
Ah! that momentary excitement
While an asthmatic
Is unsure of the next breath!!
