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Gun shots thundered

Volleyed and plundered

A healer of wounds

Wounded to death

His budding son

Deprived of breath

The star of his dreams

Destined to shine

This innocent soul

What was his crime?

A wanton barbarity

A shame to humanity

Brutal and ruthless

Callous and merciless

O sympathy thou art fled

When father and son bled

The heavens trembled

The earth shuddered

Dire and dreadful

Horrific and horrible

O sight hideous!

O spectacle atrocious!

Anguish and agony

Pain and misery

Grief and suffering

Woe and mourning

Eyes have become sore

Hearts can bear no more

The message of religion

They have failed to find

Killing a human being

Is killing mankind!

1. Written on the grisly sectarian killing of Dr Syed Ali Haider and his twelve year old son on 18h Feb 2013.