From north to south, a fractured nation faces an insurmountable plight

Engulfed in the searing partition of India, a relentless fight

Sworded soldiers divide the soul of a nation,

Disrupting unity with their cold precision

Jallianwala Bagh, a place of peace and comfort

Had its rich history mercilessly unearthed

Men, women, and children stood united in their cause

Voices were raised against the oppressive laws

However, soon to arrive was General Dyer,

Bringing along his fifty soldiers and a lifetime of gunfire

The garden’s entrance was a narrow gate

The innocent protestors now having sealed their fate

Without any warning or chance to flee

Dyer’s soldiers opened fire, a merciless spree

Bullets rained on the unarmed crowd

Screams and shouts, ever so loud

Ten minutes of horror

Caused an eternity worth of slaughter

Families torn and bodies on the ground

The atmosphere forever thickened, anguish all around

In the searing partition of India, tragedy knows no end

Two million lost and twenty million forever forgotten

Neither side is victorious

In the pursuit of freedom

After all, it is quick to turn gruesome

When vested interests and hidden intentions

Are masked behind the guise of divine intervention

Villages filled with bodies

Lush blue waters tainted with blood

An entire nation is silenced

When the searing partition of India is licensed