Death- An elegy to the Victims of New Zealand Terrorist Attack

Death- An elegy to the Victims of New Zealand Terrorist Attack 

Death, do not rush us to eternity

Have we not paid all our dues?

Our loved ones’ taciturnity

Gives you all the needed cues

We abhor your forced fraternity

You always forbade us to choose

You lull us during the battle

You make sure we are to lose

You lure us into your trap

Sleek and cunning like sundews

Men, women, old and young

The whole crowd is left in blues

Hush!

Spare us your wailing, death;

Crocodile tears never amuse

Death, forever hold your peace

For we embrace

Our fate and accept the ugly truth

World, behold! From now on

We are not to stay obtuse

We shall relish the bliss of eternal life

Where death no longer rules.

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Poetry by: Noha Haggag

completed and revised on: 18 March, 2019.