Quality Of Mercy Poem by Prafulla Kumar Panda

Anger flares anger, and hatred begets war
and shatters all relation and breeds foes more
and unleashes tears through terror and fear

mercy, a soothing shower in the scorching sun
on the wound of jealousy and anger, a healing balm
and the strongest weapon through which hearts won

forgetting is bliss, and forgiving divine
when mercy shines, let the wrongdoers pine.

©Prafulla Panda, India.
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