If We'D But Know Each Other Poem by DEEPAK KUMAR PATTANAYAK

If we'd but know each other
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No need for prim and proper
If we had known each other
No two people are alike on this planet
So you are and I am different
This is part of life meeting different people
Respecting them or talking to them is vital
You may not like the way somebody talks
You may not like the way somebody walks
So what if to you they are not known
Yet you can treat them like humans
If a person turns out to be nice that you dislike
What you would do but eschew words you like
You don't like me for who I am
And I'm not going to change for what I am
You seem to look me outside
Whereas I am always inside
Thereby losing touch with what's real
And you may call me a man evil
But I assure you that's not real me
You need to dive deep into me
To explore that serenity
Lying still like eternity
If we'd but know each other with an open mind
I know rich treasures we would find