NOW:
No solace now to help them cope
A loss so hard to bear
A nation on the brink of hope
Dragged down to such despair
You went out in a flash of heat
In a searing flash of light
Work unfinished, incomplete
Their song was killed tonight
Just as the crowds began to gather
With the setting of the dark
They were singing praises to your father
When the mad man found his mark…
Two thousand miles away I looked
On as the tragedy did unfold
The final chapter in this book
A story left untold
Now as darkness starts to gather
Around your children too
This requiem to your father
Now serves as your cenotaph too
THEN:
Benazir, your father’s in the ground-
Benazir, you watched them put him down-
Benazir, your father lied- he’d promised not to die,
And Benazir, you’d sworn you wouldn’t cry…
Benazir, your face has turned to stone-
Benazir, you do not weep alone…
Benazir, the winds of change that wiped your tears dry
Now blew your father’s killers from the sky…
Benazir…
Benazir… |
Submission Name: FULL CIRCLE: REQUIEM FOR BENAZIR (WINDS OF CHANGE)
