Sameen Shakya
The last time I stuck my head in hiding
and thought the world was ending, I
found it to be an exaggeration
till I saw the news and heard the roars
of a thousand families stood there shrieking
and knew that though my world shook not
there were some who were not so lucky.
The stars may fall and the very earth
beneath us may swallow us whole.
The rich will live and if we start
to judge our bearings based on them
and not the many harrowed poor
who die so large that they’re just numbers
we’ll lose our souls.
If we had it at all.
