the plight

The slow hum of silence around
On this warm summer night
Staleness in nature’s breath
Does only exaggerate my plight.

The million stars in the sky
It somehow does not feel right
Gargantuan dark blanket around
Sprinkled with just specks of light.

Shadows fading away gradually
With dilated eyes I have no sight
An anxious gloom looms in the air
Giving my chest, a feeling so tight.

The world has only this to teach,
In Success’s past, lies only Might,
Prudence bowing down to hate
Rendition is a smile’s only blight.

In the eyes of the little child
I now just find an urge to fight
In the storm of death he finds today
Innocence on an ignominious flight.