Tragedy strikes

Isn't it an irony of life
that when a tragedy strikes
our conscience is stirred
like no other time

Smug in comfort
with things of pleasure
one becomes heartless
and narrow minded

Withdraw the excesses
as they breed evil
only when one struggles
he knows the value of things

Pray keep away the tragedy
much misery and sorrow it brings
and if it strikes any time
give us strength enough to bear it

Shake us from our slumber
and pull away the rug from under our feet
not that we sink into the bottomless pit
but struggle and learn to stand on our feet

Learn from every possible source
and each and every happening
who knows when the tragedy may strike
and what our fate shall be!