I look back and see through the mist
How a ruthless and angry fist
Has been crushing my precious peace
And devouring it piece by piece.
I was born on a land of mine
Beautiful, splendid and fine,
But, unfortunately, I am now
A stranger and I don’t know how.
A citizen of a third rate
That’s what I’ve become, what a fate!
A man who is always busted
Because he cannot be trusted.
I’m the native of this great land
Just like its shores and golden sand,
My rights are elementary,
Say geography and history.
It’s my right to grow and prosper
And lead a life nice and proper.
I’m not to be bound and deterred,
And ultimately be transferred.
I should be allowed to survive,
Live in peace and, hopefully, thrive.
Remember this is also my state too
Whatever you inflict or do.
Compromise is the stepping-stone
Toward peace in this, land war-prone;
Peace is the greatest gift and grace
That can save us from this war-curse.
Peace depends on the sanity
Of those who deplore enmity,
And those who have seen so much blood
That can begin a second flood.
Treat the others with the respect
And love you demand and expect.
Be curious to learn their culture
That adds to the human structure.
The world’s full of different colors,
Like a garden full of flowers,
Ah, what a dull and boring place,
The world will be with just one race.
Respect every identity
And every race’s entity,
Don’t hate this or that religion,
Every one has its origin.
If you form the majority,
Still you are a minority,
For it’s a relative matter
So think it over, don’t stutter.
I’m a man not just blood and flesh,
You can’t treat me just as you wish.
I’m a man as free as the wind
That all enmities can transcend.
By building barriers and that wall,
Of course peace will eventually fall.
They’ll definitely undermine
All efforts for peace just and fine.
We need to remove every cuff
That hinders peace or such a staff.
Don’t talk about equality,
Do make it a reality.
We all have to be courageous
To do what’s just and righteous.
To no avail is every deed
That we do if it hate does breed.
Why is it so easy to hold
Onto prejudices so old?
Why do we stick to a belief
That leads to bloodshed and mischief.
Why is it easier to stir
The inhuman elements’ flare
Than build up the mutual trust
Between nations which is a must.
Why should I prove my loyalty
Every day to the royalty?
Why can’t a citizen pursue
His dreams despite what may ensue?
Between the hammer hard and cold
And the anvil they me do hold.
Am I guilty of no reason?
Is my survival a treason?
Life by itself is a value
Not land or any revenue.
Love, compassion, and tolerance
Are the paths to coexistence.
Killing and assassinations,
Violence and accusations
Repeatedly reiterated
Make me feel so irritated.
Your arrogance and vanity
Won’t make peace a reality.
It can’t grow and it never will
As long as you destroy and kill.
Peace can’t live and dwell in a swamp
Where prejudice does leave its stamp.
Peace needs leaders brave and plain
Who seek no political gain.
Nations can’t live just by the sword,
However strong they are and bold,
Constant wars are to no avail,
They only let hatred prevail.
Peace is the key to all conflicts;
War only disasters inflicts.
There are no winners or losers,
At war we’re all the abusers,
Let’s all set up peace high and grand
And not put it down to the ground,
Narrow mindedness only leads
To destruction and pains it yields.
It is much wiser not to fall
In faults whether big or so small.
Why aren’t we any more thinkers?
Why can’t we remove our blinkers?
How can you get the other’s trust
By being unfair and unjust?
How can you be safe and secure
While the other’s rights are obscure?
Acts of mutual violence
Lead to more and more vengeance.
Compromise, on the other hand,
Will make us share this splendid land.
Greatness is the ability
To give up one’s hostility.
Only just peace can make amends,
And make previous foes become friends.
We need a world of peace and love
That glitters like the stars above.
We don’t need the narrow minded
Who make the world with blood flooded.
Peace won’t come through a gun’s barrel,
This way you can’t win this battle.
Peace comes through reconciliation,
Not through acts of retaliation.
To make peace a true prophesy,
You have to change your policy.
With love, honesty and good will
We all can stop this useless kill.
A ceaseless conflict nothing brings;
It will render peace without wings.
We have to live in harmony,
Not in despair and agony.
It’s the duty of everyone
To fight for peace not for the gun.
It’s a pity that the extreme
Have become here the ruling stream.
If we focus on the welfare
Of nations and not on warfare,
The world will be a better place
In which everyone will live in grace.
You can’t be oppressors for long
Even if you’re now great and strong.
You can survive by honesty,
As well as thrive by modesty.
Wars can end everything but hate
Which keeps running deep like one’s fate.
Mad power is self-destructive,
However, it seems productive.
I’m optimistic I confess
No matter how much you oppress.
I do believe that tomorrow
Will yield no more pain or sorrow.
However, it will take some time
To get peace precious and sublime.
Peace will eventually come true
For your own good and mine too.
