Three Poems by Mitali Chakravarty

1

What If…

Clouds rained love

and compassion.

And all wars came to an end.

Mutilated towns sprung

back homes, people, trees.

Birds chirped in peace.

When soldiers fired a rifle,

resistance bloomed flowers

mesmerising with perfumes.

All soldiers stopped fighting.

There were no more wars,

no more weapons.

Hunger was appeased

by ambrosia gathered

from dewdrops.

Love wiped away hatred and greed.

Compassion coloured actions.

And a paradise on Earth came to be.

2

If…

If there were no wars,

no conflicts, no divides,

what would poets write?

Would they dream peace?

Would Lennon Imagine…?

What would pens ideate?

Perhaps, their words would

celebrate commonalities

like the colours of a rainbow.

Perhaps, they would envision

new worlds, find new stances

to address climate change.

Perhaps, their words would soar

the Universe and gather

stardust to sprinkle eternal love.

3

Let’s Write Poetry

Let’s write poetry.

Let’s write of empathy.

Let’s write of love.

Let’s write poetry till wars halt,

till blood stops streaming

from weaponised skies.

Let’s write poetry till weapons

dissolve to blooms

that caress with gentleness.

Let’s write poetry till hunger stops

screaming, till thirst is allayed

with clean drinking water.

Let’s write poetry till we all sing

in harmony of a world

where we belong in togetherness.

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