The Monster’s Nuclear Arms
Or the unlearned Big Men

Prologue

Got the boon to raze the world
I’m the king of kings unrivalled
Is there anyone to challenge me?
(No, no, no… Never)
I’m the leader blessed ever to be.
(Yes, yes, yes……)*

The celebrated
Monster’s nuclear arms
Are motionless
Not only the hands
Of natural disasters
But also in the hands
Of branded terrorists

And it is even dangerous
In the time of disasters
If it is natural or man made
It is dangerous
To its own worshipers
And to the innocent civilians
To whom the monsters
Are glorified as Protectors

The hands that rose to show
The power of military might
Over the heads of the roaring
Innocent jubilant civilians
Stretch forward feebly
To the communities of the world
To get them to rise
From the rumbles
Of the nature’s shake

The big men did not learn
From the men made disasters
Even after the to big wars
And after the two big bombs
And after the chain of
Lilliputians’ wars
The world over

The monster’s nuclear arms
Are not the protection shields
As mentioned by the Big Men
Not the symbol of dignity
As mentioned by the Big Men
And certainly not the element of peace
As mentioned by the Big Men

Epilogue

March forward will we
March forward will we
Getting rid of nuclear arms
March forward will we
Devoid of power hunger
March forward will we
For all lives to live in peace
March forward will we
For the whole world to world to flourish
March forward to will we.*





The prologue and Epilogue are song from a Thamil play “Ashen Touch” which deals with nuclear issues. The songs are in Thamil by M. nilanthan and S. Jeyasankar respectively. It’s a translation of Mr. T. Kirupacaran.


10.10.2005