A HEART'S PLEA

A heart cries out, deep is its pain

Beseeching help but all in vain

Penalised for being against the grain

Dismantles each day, with pieces hard to regain

Impaled by indelible betrayals

and tired of unjust trials

Brooding what was its offence

Maybe it was adhering to the conscience

Maybe it was being too clingy

Nevertheless,the efforts never were mingy

Maybe being naive was the fault

or trusting You caused all the assault

It implored but You tantalised

Truth loses is what it now cognised

Deeply entrenched faith got a blow

When You gave it wounds in a row

Myriads of prayers and prostrations

Perhaps were only delusions

It still loves You to the hilt

Confiding in You is its only guilt

Hitherto, it is trying to connect the dots

Though impossible is it to clear the blots

A heart cries out, deep is its pain

Rudderless and confused,has gone inane

If You could listen

Dearest Almighty,

Since the inception of mankind, People have been worshiping you with intense ardour. They praise you day and night, amain observe all strenuous rituals and practices just for approval of their prayers. Some are enthralled , others fawn on you , while the rest being credulous are just swayed away by the rhetoric of the self-acclaimed 'agents' of their religion. Nevertheless, You are the fulcrum of the lives of your creation. You are the last and only hope of most. Since time immemorial your stories and hearsays have been propagating which convinces us how just, merciful and powerful you have been. Though obfuscated, the meticulous patterns and intricate perfection of the nature and your creations reflect a supreme wisdom and the concept of your existence seems plausible. In your pursuit, people have been swinging from Asceticism to Mysticism to even exorcism. Famished souls like me, with an insatiable appetite for truth, keep pondering over your existence and whereabouts, only to be perplexed and mystified. All approaches to find you lands one in a labyrinth.

The world you gave us to dwell , is full of chaos and predicament. Injustice, sufferings, hatred, bloodshed are incessant and ubiquitous. Minorities are being persecuted. Unabated Genocide and pogroms are a common scene. Violence has become the only way of conflict resolution. Millions die of hunger and poverty while some have so much to waste. Innocents suffer and perpetrators prosper. Truth perishes and falsehood triumphs. In a nutshell, the concept of Peace and tranquility now seem far-fetched and utopian.

In such a bleak situation, You are the only one we cling to, but to our sheer disappointment ,sometimes you hold the justice in abeyance while most of the time you don't deliver it at all. Please don't be apathetic and indifferent to your own creations. If everything is at your beck and call( which most of us do believe is), what is it that prevents You from mending the chaos and sufferings that envelops our world ? Is justice and harmony not under your ambit or are you just being indifferent and stoic? Is despondence and pain of Your creations a mundane affair for You? Why are You being impervious to the call of your own creation? I hope we have not been fooling ourselves by having a strong faith and conviction in Your existence, perfection, wisdom, power and above all, justice.

With my hopes obliterated; heart confounded; hands clasped; eyes wet; i sincerely implore you, "Please change the status quo."

Your response is imperative.

Profound love and admiration,

Your Creation.