Pyres

A Poem

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Photo by Ryan Franco on Unsplash

Life
has become
too trivial;

too meaningless

Almost as if,
we have forgotten
what it means
to be human

When will
the people
stop dying?

When
will the pyres
stop burning?

When
will the speeches
and processions
mean something?

When,
will peace
become a reality?

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