Carrying the gun on 26/11

Why don't you understand? Why don't you see the pain You're causing us?

Why don't you understand?
Why don't you see the pain
You're causing us?

'Cause you and I,
We're the same,
And you and I,
We're to blame.

Then why is it you're with the gun?
Did you think before you picked up the gun?

The blood that was shed,
The screams that echoed,
The people that we lost,
The anger that rose.

Why don't you understand?
Why don't you see we're getting strong?

The fire that burnt,
The gun shots we heard,
The grenades we saw,
The bravery that came,
The tears that rolledu2026

You and I,
We're the same.
But from you and I
You're to blame.

Because you are the one carrying the gun.
But why are you carrying the gun?

Yashodhana Raj (16), Sanskriti School, New Delhi was in the editorial board of her school and has been appreciated for her creative writing since her middle-school days. She is also a die-hard environmentalist.

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