Friday, October 6, 2017

Land of landslides

Welcome to my country!
We serve you the best fish
Only to hide the blood beneath the dish.
We boast of oceans and mountains
Who cares about the hidden mass graves?
The slogans shout about cleanliness
Alas! Inner roads only reek of bloodstains.
Airlines cover new destinations everyday
Silence settles on morality; black and grey at play.

Welcome to my country!
It's still not in my right to be happy and gay,
Yet convicts write law sitting calmly in jail.
News, fake and real storm through film-sets
As children gobble up history in schools of shame.
Ancient land of Gods, writers and Men
My country lights candles in times of deaths;
Power not within but behind LCD frames,
Slut-shaming trolls celebrate Women's day!

Welcome to the country my friend
That believes we invented aeroplanes!
But in a country so rooted in its ignorance
Flying doesn't fit the right experience.

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