Malaria

Let us wage a war
on the mosquito-borne
disease that still
ravages world’s vast area—
we need determination,
decisive action and deft
planning to eradicate
the curse—malaria.

The disease strikes
with brute force
that parallels the scale
of antediluvian destruction,
wrecking havoc in
communities from Africa
to Asia and every year
taking lives of
more than a million.

The disease crushes
our potency as easily
as a needle pricking
a balloon full of helium,
and reminds us
human’s predicament
and helplessness at
the hand of a parasite
known as Plasmodium.