The Prologue <br /> <br />'The terrorist began to speak...' <br /> 'How can a terrorist talk <br /> When his only words are bombs? ' <br />'Well, he did speak all the same... <br />In my haunted dreams, of course: <br /> <br />The Monologue <br /> <br />Does a lion dialogue with his prey? <br />He just charges and strikes his quarry. <br />Why should I tarry? <br />I'd simply finish off <br />Anyone whose face I detest. <br />I should be the master <br />Of all I survey. <br /> <br />The universe is for man alone <br />Strongest of them only reign here <br />The rest have no place, <br />So them I'll put to rest. <br />I am the only best <br />To decide what is right. <br /> <br />One thought only should do the rounds <br />In the world <br />And that should be mine <br />I'm a one-track hero. <br /> <br />Sword is mightier than word <br />Force is greater than friendliness <br />Terrorism is superior to humanism <br />This is my credo <br />I'm an iconoclast. <br /> <br />A single sweep of sword <br />Puts my enemy down; <br />Words would take eons <br />Yet might not change my foe. <br />I can't be patient <br />I'm a bloodhound in a hurry. <br /> <br />Anyway, words are damned duds <br />They are for sissies <br />Who have time to waste <br />I am a he-man of deeds. <br /> <br />I take my victims off guard <br />And hit them on the sly <br />Like a slithering cobra <br />Aren't I from the Devil's line? <br /> <br />The Epilogue (With Double Acrostic) <br /> <br />Terrorising nations and people with devilish delight <br />Eliminating, side by side, all reason and dialogue <br />Reckless in deeds, hell-bent upon undoing all order <br />Rearing their explosive heads all over like a meteor <br />Only to impose their sadistic tyranny with frenzied aggro! <br />Reaction to terrorism, as Nature's law, is bound to occur <br />In terms of eschatology, 'Hells-where, ' if not on earthly loci. <br />Symphony of divergent notes, symbiotic existence of all beings <br />My dear brothers, is the Divine Design, whatever be our (sch) ism! <br /> <br /> <br />[Jan 10,2009: : Hyderabad - 500 056]<br /><br />AtreyaSarma Uppaluri<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-tryst-with-the-terrorist/
