A Dream Of Love, Joy And Peace! Poem by Ramesh T A

Where there is love, there joy and peace lead life;
Due to exploitation of resources by colonial powers
Of the past, many under developed and developing
Countries are reeling under poverty in the world!

Hunger, poverty and unemployment like cancer eating
Away health and many are living as skeletons or as
Dead men walking to pull on the remaining days in
The hell like world sans mercy and relief from all!

Love is not looting the riches of others and living
In luxury and comfort preaching about love to the world;
Love in action is real and is the imperative to make
The suffering people see light at the other end of tunnel!

Due to past exploitation of the riches of those nations
By the developed nations, hatred, jealousy, anger and
Sense of revenge have turned poor people into extremists
Carried away by the radical religious bigots' preaching!

Sans any hope of relief from any quarters, many are going
To the camps of terrorists and indulging in violence and
Enjoying sadistic pleasure till the end of their short
Life dreaming of love, joy and peace in the other world..!