Are we also scared?

I fight with myself during those heart-wrenching nights,

Oh! Why am I so drenched in the worldly sorrows?

The sight of babies crying, and men dying;

Why aren’t we helping them?

By now, you must have understood what I intend to say,

And if not, I advise you to surf the internet,

Don’t go to the news channels as they don’t care about them.

People visiting the horrid place upload photos on the internet,

That truth makes the hearts melt.

I wish to fly,

Fly as long as I don’t reach there.

But what will I do? How will I help them?

I don’t have grenades and guns.

Oh! I am so distressed!

Desperation has taken control of my soul,

I close my eyes, and the bombs explode!

Have we become ignorant or is it just the fear?

The fear of hatred and despair.

Are we also scared because the end is near?

-Dua Subzwari