Friday, May 16, 2014

Devil's Cry

As devil unleashed his vitriolic venom
Imprudently they spurned
Fleeing could have saved them
Too late now--all in his range were burned

A sweet little ingenuous child
Viewing the world through his love tinted eyes
Epitome of goodness & faith he was
Amazing how soon the innocence dies

Battered torn scarred shaken
The world rammed over him
He ran, he fought, he lost
Chance of survival in civilized jungle was slim

Yet each time he stood up to face the world
With every battering the child died within
His soul became darker & darker
He acquired a thick shell & a sting

Annihilation ran amok all around
An unprecedented most unforeseen barrage
How could they have known who he was
Charm, comic & candor—chimerical mirage!

Wide eyes dilated with terror they remembered
The incredible time when he met first
Sparks of love flew all around
That was before the bubble burst

Amongst those unfortunates was a fairy
She saw him and she was trapped too
Cheerful & young like a verdant bower
She loved him and to him it seemed he loved her too

Her soft touch was like a water drop on lotus
Epitome of delicateness, she was beauty surreal
Was it a dream, or was the dream real
He stooped to the halo, she made the devil kneel

Love a scorpion and it can do only one thing
It can sting and a slow death it can bring
He can’t help it, it’s his nature, that’s how he grew
Despite knowing that the sting makes him dead too

Devil he was, he just couldn't change
But the love was real, only he knew the same
He cried & shrieked on destruction of love he had himself hurled

And vitriolic venom was unleashed on the world

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