In the theater of warfare,
victories and defeats
fade into insignificance.
For what truly prevails
are the relentless trials
and ceaseless suffering.
Within the realm of violence,
the concept of
right and wrong dissipates.
Leaving in its wake
the haunting echoes of pain
and unrelenting tears.

Amid the reckoning devoid of
justice or equity,
only wounds linger,
eternally unhealed,
as stark reminders of our calamity.
In the remnants of smoldering embers,
an elusive quest unfolds:
to unite happiness and justice
in harmonious resonance,
as the tale unfurls.

Thus,
we and you diverge as separate entities,
every street transformed
into a battlefield of lamentation and sorrow.
Not a mere return of the eye,
but a burning ember within.
For you are tasked not with igniting the fire,
but quelling the flames of tomorrow.

Suhail Ahmed AM