HIROSHIMA SPEAKS

 Hiroshima!
    That's the name,
     I am known by.

   you may know me too,

 As do most people  in the world, 
 Though, for reasons not so good.

      And  why  I wish to address 
      The world today ;
      Is to remind you all,
      Of the blackest  happening,
      In the history of mankind.

      When I was made the victim,
      Of the most lethal weapon, 
       Ever invented by  man, 
     And tried on civil population. 

      The '' LittleBoy '' sent to scare me,
     Was the deadliest agent of death,
     The cruellest carrier of  disaster,
     The ugliest creation of the human brain.

      The never-before-seen monster,

       So suddenly appeared in the sky,
       Eclipsing even the dazzling sun,
       Hitting the ground like a demon.

     The  giant mushroom of fire  
    And radioactive particles, 
    Engulfed everything  within minutes  
       Sparing no one and nothing.

 
     Human beings animals, and trees, 

      Houses, markets and schools

     Hospitals and  places of worship,
    Were reduced to debris instantly 
     As if they never existed.

     The fine morning that was to be,
    The beginning of a good normal day,
    Was suddenly turned a dark night,
     Of endless woes and sufferings.

       Decades have passed and lost,
       Into the dark lanes of history,
      But the spectre of that disaster, 
      Continues to haunt me,forever.  

       The loss of life and property,
       Could never be fully assessed,
       The wounds are still unhealed,
       The woes, much less forgotten. 

       Strange though it may sound,
       I wish it to be never ignored, 
       And treated as the costliest lesson, 

       Learnt from blunders of the past.

       And so I got it inscribed,  
      All over the monumental park,

      As reminder of the cruel  blunder, 
       That can never be forgiven.  

       Hoping it helps motivate you,
      To join hands with one another,
       Strive earnestly for lasting peace, 
       To prevail all over the world. 

           And ensure that the angels of peace,
            Outnumber the warmongers, 
            And never again on this planet,
         Another Hiroshima is made to suffer.