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BRIEF – MAHATMA GANDHI
Born: October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India
Full name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Assassinated: January 30, 1948,
New Delhi, India
RACISM
Deep in the colour of my skin, I live
Heart to heart and rumble for peace within;
I traverse this world for freedom, but give
Not my pride for prejudice or chagrin.
I walk not alone, but in footsteps
Where the journey is long, but dream is strong;
Where civil rights are mine, with no regrets
That civil liberty is never wrong.
Non-violence is my definitive creed,
Through Gandhian spirit I strive and breathe;
For you and I are equal without plead
Where discrimination is full of seethe.
Assassination leaves my world a cloud,
Racism cannot be dressed in any shroud.
***
OF
TRUTH (Fib Poem)
How
to
begin
telling you
where to look for Truth
it speaks from your mind, and your heart.
When mind is weak, heart palpitates
and Truth becomes so
fragmented
fragile
as
glass.
NON-VIOLENCE
(Fib Poem)
Take
your
weapon
down to ground
Earth is manifold
forbid war; make peace with neighbours.
When you make war, your enemy
is your restless mind
burning hate
raging
with
fire.
OUR FUTURE WORLD
“In the end all men have to die. He who is
born
cannot
escape death.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi – Speech
at Prayer Meeting,
New Delhi, January 15, 1948.
They who live by their own chagrin,
acquire
moth that spiral in their mind
without peace;
fetch hate, animosity as desire
never to see our world a happy place.
Often times by foolish wit denigrate
our hopes and dreams far beyond squint of eye,
they criticize and also peculate
day by day they usher grandiose lie.
Step by step we massage Gandhian thoughts
and follow in faith a path righteous
ahimsa our kindled lamp against krauts
satyagraha our stand prestigious.
Walking in Mahatma’s footpath joyous
we build our future world so enormous.
Thank you, Guest Editor, Santoshji, for including my poems in this Special Edition Poetry: Mahatma Gandhi: Legacy and Relevance. Special THANKS to the Editor of Setu Bilingual Journal.
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