Susanta Pattnayak (Bhubaneswar, India)

Draw lines on Earth
Bind me to a region
Do not impress lines
In my heart and forbid me
From being humane.

Gave the fruit
Asked never, the tree
Sang the bird,
Smiled the flower,
Twinkled the star,
Asked never my affiliation.

Whose air?
That passes a boundary
Whose water?
That crosses a territory
Whose cloud?
That glides a country
Unable I'm to unravel
To every satisfaction.

Nation is prime,
Nationality no less,
No lesser is the human
And humanity it possesses
Body and mind committed to the Nation
Have your heart for every Human.