His writings showed his state of mind
Bloodbath and pain
Many lives lost in vain
And all because - we had been blind!
Guardian 18/04/07: The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his twisted, violence-drenched creative writing and left a rambling note raging against religion and rich kids. Read on
This makes me stop and think: Where do we draw the line between imagination, fantasy and a cry for help from a mind that is ill? Could we have averted this tragedy had we not listened with half an ear?
Related read: Arms & the man
This makes me stop and think: Where do we draw the line between imagination, fantasy and a cry for help from a mind that is ill? Could we have averted this tragedy had we not listened with half an ear?
Related read: Arms & the man
Human mind is so complex
ReplyDeleteThat it continues to perplex.
It's so difficult to judge
If a person has some grudge
Until such acts happen as reflex.
(While I say a silent prayer for all the dead and injured, my heart goes out to the families of Minal Panchal and Prof. Loganathan)