Broken were the faces 
Appearing like triangles 
In an abstract painting 
Bulging eyes and blue color 
Of the cheeks with hairs 
Like bushes unweeded 
 
Deep ugly red scars 
Saliva mixing  
The yellow pallor of the blood 
 
The civilization that took millennia 
Like years in our life 
Anger when it breaks open 
From the womb of hatred 
What’s hell then 
 
And symbols of the lost nations 
On the spur of a moment 
All beauty of civilization 
Is lost 
 
Is it what we call tragedy 
Nay a willful act 
Or we need to grow 
A human conduct  
We only get sane when we loose 
8/10/2008
Sadiqullah Khan
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/broken-faces/