Bharat Bandh

Dear world, why do you burn??
Am I doing something wrong?
In mayhem and blood, you turn,
And violent endings streak the dawn
When passions stir and hopes collide
In sweaty days and stirring nights
We wake to find you burning bright
With fires raging on the streets
And children crying to make ends meet
The people starving everywhere
But no, what do we care?
We are a selfish, privileged lot
We'll kill them all before we stop
To pause for breath, to give a damn
'bout anything but this hopeless sham
We watch you darken every day
And slowly give our world away
And slowly let you burn away.
We are a people of an age
We use you as our burning stage
We will persevere and prevail
And drown the world in bawling rage.