The loud thumping growled across the ceiling
Hearts longed to believe it was just nothing
Their worst fears crept and started lurking
Toward the truth that the ground was shaking.
 
Some jumped, some leaped across that dreary moment
Some gaped, lost their hopes and fainted straight 
Some marched to save their lives and see another day
Some begged mother Earth to let them live and tell their tale.
 
The days were no better than the dark nights
The houses were no safer than the tents
The bed was no comfy than the grumpy road
The ceiling was no stronger than the open sky.
 
The ones who took their last breath know it better
To live were their last wish but the hour was fatal
The regrets of their life were spitting at their faces
Hoping that they would get to the live them someday.
 
Who knew it would be their last day to live
They could see their whole life shine instead
What wouldn’t they give to live a second more
But karma proved that nothing is evermore.
 
Perfect as the day before, life was planned
Flashes of their loved ones for one last time
Dark as the day haunts my soul
For everyone lost and everyone who lost.

Shreedhar is a high school graduate from St Xavier’s College, Maitighar.