Empathy as Life poems

The privileged amnesic in luxury

The poor   passionate  for  equality

 Though the wolf   is  wild     

The lamb  deserves   life dignified

The Sun radiates truth  objective   

The moon pours peace stunning

Truth appears  in   green

Along with  your fellow  humans

Love  the plants,  animals

and  the Earth  in the same breath  .   

CO-EXISTENCE

War has been  in  man’s heart

Since the first dawn

He slays to survive and surmount

He confounds his being.

Peace too prevailed   in  man’s bosom

Since the first dawn

He  fosters  love and   altruism  

    finds bliss in his being.    

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 Noble Suffering  

Siddhartha searched  for  Enlightenment

He  changed cruelty into kindness

  Like a swan that separated milk from water

Jesus sought   the kingdom of god

He forbore crucifixion

A rose whose heart pierced by a thorn

Lincoln fought  to abolish slavery

He was shot  for his reform

Like a jasmine drenched in blood

 Gandhi  melted the hearts of  the lead

When a bullet pierced him, he prayed

A chrysanthemum  fell in silence

Theresa  became   Mother to the destitute

Like a nectar to the one in the throes of  death

 Mandela and  Aung San Suu kyi  suffered  solitary  for the people

Like  stars shining defiantly  in the dark.

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Questions Endless

Why butchery mutual?

Beheading the fellow humans?

Bombing the mud houses?

Gunning down girls and boys?

Spraying bullets into artists?

Trampling flowers ?

Why do we see vacuous hearts?

Dead souls?

Living corpses??

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