This poem is dedicated to all those who die in recent bomb explosions anywhere in the world.

Terrorist

Gurdip Singh Bhamra

Terror is another name for cowardice.
Cousins as they are, inter related.

A coward wants to terrorize
without being involved
before he is caught
he slips away.

A terrorist runs away
backs out

Because
he is afraid.

He is afraid to face.
he is afraid to stand
and fight for the cause

He is terribly lonely
with his cause and concern;
so he is afraid to fight
a losing battle
He is already lost
so he hosts a fear
afraid as he is
he terrorizes others
by planting bombs,

that explode and kill

people innocent as they are
ignorant and poor
they kill them in tens and hundreds.
people die boldly

as they brave the heat

of terror

but a terrorist dies

when his time comes

he dies a coward’s death.

He dies as a coward.