Is this What it was meant to be

Walking on these empty streets
Watching the soldiers on the beat
Hearing the cry from a distance
Feeling pain in the deep
Hoping its just a bad dream
Is this what it was meant to be??

Hearing the sound of gunshots far away
Death is playing its dirty game
People fleeing towards safety
City transformed into battle field
Markets silent
No one around
Is this what its meant to be??

This place was once heaven on earth
Of flowers there was never a dearth
The houseboats floating in the lake
Dirt and blood is now what we see
Is this what it was meant to be??

The apathy of the Leaders we see
Trying to rake in profits from this melee
Pain of the bereaved no one can see
Vested interests is what it is
No one understands what it means
Still they fight on the streets
Is this what it was meant to be??

Freedom is what one party wants
Land is other's need
Why none can see the blood that flows so freely
I used to call him my brother
Now he faces me like my enemy
Is such the value of the things
Brother becomes brother's enemy?
Once they were our neighbors
Today they would rather kill us
Just the small transformation of the beings
Is this what it was meant to be??

Today I celebrated my independence day
They raised the flag of neighboring country
None tried to stop them
Is this really my country?
I cannot fathom why it is
None does think of this country
Please stop this violence
And realize how you are making it bleed
Let there be peace
Because THIS is what it is meant to be......