Unasked Witness

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I see the passenger trains, sooting 
and whistling passing through the tracks,
along with travelers' noise, I hear
the tiny stones on the track it cracks.

I am a broken bench lying 
in the corner of a city station.
Now I am useless but once I was
a member of bench serving delegation.

I was fractured by an inhuman
who thought me emotionless and
was delighted to break me, after crying
over his perished fort of sand.

From that day I am gazing continuously
at the people who visit here.
Humans are being disclosed in front of me
revealing lost humanity layer-by-layer.

Sometimes I see the depraved ones
who come here to seek leisure
in breaking, disturbing, so mean
of them! Government's treasure.

Sometimes I find dreamy eyes
shining in the passengers' crowd.
It's a newcomer again,
his qualifications make him proud.

After some time, I discover
the delight of his eyes is lost.
He is back empty-handed
suffered the city at its worst.

The everyday station is full with a rush
of vendors, beggers, and more.
They try to interact with travelers,
to fill their stomach they continuously encore.

But today, everything is different.
There is all over terrifying woes and cries,
the station has faced the terror of terrorism,
here and there wounded and corpses lie.

A bomb was installed here by a culprit today,
It is the root of all this violence.
Though the station is full of noise
but Death dawns a silencing silence.

Everyone is being enquired, except me,
to unveil the culprit is my willness.
I bet I know him, but
I am helpless- An Unasked Witness.

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(August 2008 )
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