Teesta Review: A Journal of Poetry, Volume
6, Number 1. May 2023. ISSN: 2581-7094
A Poem Against Peace
[Original
Title: Shanti ke Viruddh Ek Kavita]
--- Gangaprasad Vimal
Since time
immemorial
Peace has
been used as a weapon
To silence
the contending voices.
Each and
every establishment
Leads to
some kind of violence
Be it a
fence of security
Or a pointed
gun
Of defence.
Whenever
the next step
is taken,
It is bound
to
Trample the
Earth in the end
And on and
on
They go
trampling more and more
Be it
Napoleon or Hitler or someone else!
Since time
immemorial
In treaties
and messages,
Time has
been wasted for peace
And
conflict
Keep
changing places for the sake of violence.
(Translated by Suparna Mondal)