No Code, No Rule, No Language

Religion has a language!
Love has a code of conduct!
Life has its own rule!

Religion evolved with you.
Love and life kept
Changing…
Sides…
Hues…

Religion you thought
Was part of it…
Stories read out of
Bible in school…
Scripture classes
That you could even skip…
The morning prayer
Before the school began.

But the language changed…

The ritual…
The festivities…
The merriment…
The masses moving merrily

But suddenly there is
Noise…
Shattering the code of conduct
All rules…

Love changes color
Life tries to justify it…

And then the bang!

Blood! Body parts! Broken dreams…
Dead love! Life! Religion…

Pranab Ghosh is an award-winning Indian journalist and writer, who has worked for major news outlets of the country, including HT Media Ltd., Eenadu Digital, TNIE, Business India group etc.. His books of poems have been published by English and Canadian publishers. Read other articles by Pranab.