I weep blameless tears of shame
at the apocalypse I can foresee.
Which one of them should I blame:
Imran Khan or Narendra Modi? 

Leaders will in every war survive, 
for don't they sign the peace treaty?
Until then, they decide whether I live
or die. They will truly be the death of me. 

Was it for me scientists strove to smash
the atom? Am I to be the fossil fuel 
that blankets the sky with my ash?
I wait for the first shot in this senseless duel. 

F.S. AIJAZUDDIN  

20.8.19