How we have transformed lately!
What we held to be abnormal strongly
has fast become our accepted norm!
and we take pride in being violent!
We can lynch a compatriot willingly
and assert it to be patriotism!
We can shed blood of a fellow human
And think it to be a religious act!
In our zeal to serve the nation
We mutilate the soul of the land
to declare our love
for our mother
we hesitate not to violate women.
We were held in high esteem
In the hearts of all on the planet
For Gandhi and Buddha, lamps of our ways
Now we proudly garland the vandals!
Arrogance and hatred we wear
As medals on our vigilant chests
Holy sages so godly, we cruelly compel
to push our selfish
political rathas!
Haven’t we changed for the better?
Isn’t our glory sung by foreign lips?
Declare the prostrating electronic voice
Conceit and deceit we embrace in love!
When the hubris descends upon us
And our karmas lead us to retribution
Can we blame the neighbor across
With a different credo than ours?
Xavier Bage
Friday, August 03, 2018
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