Longing For Universal Love Poem by Mohammad Younus

Peace!
Torn by hate storms,
In ever changing directions of the tempests;
Yet our longing for universal love does not falter,
That could bring out the oppressed humankind out of pain.

Our eyes are sunk deep into our skull,
Like tortoise holding its head inside the shell,
Fearing a predator that might take its life;
We too remain blind to our huntsmen,
As if we do not see them taking aim at us;
Our voice even though silenced by the huntsmen,
From asking to move about freely in our own environment.

To the mountains beyond mountains our voice has gone;
We have wept through all the watches of the night,
But some day the sun coloured in our blood,
Certainly will rise and outshine all the rising suns.

MyKoul