###mother Teresa (15) God Is One Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

“Call him Allah or Ishwar,
Or simply God forever,
But He had made mankind
More to love and be loved.”

“We cannot love sans prayer.
So, Let us pray together,
Whatever be the religion,
For us, it’s of no concern.”

Mother Teresa spoke like this,
To gather all for daily prayers,
And this way, she cultivated
The seeds of ‘love and be loved.’

A Buddhist man was dying,
And Mother was saying,
“You say your prayer,
And I’ll say my prayer.”

“Our prayers, God will listen,
As He’s not many but one, ”
Thus, she had a larger heart,
All types of prayers to accept.

Her liberal approach to people,
In turn, had an universal appeal,
That influenced them to her fold,
Step by step, all o’er the world.

Her multinational organizations,
Established in 120 countries,
Served the dying, homeless, destitute,
Hungry and poor of the poorest.

A Catholic strictly she was,
But she served every cause,
That drew her best attention,
Irrespective of any religion.

As a follower of Vatican,
She was against abortion,
Stating, “Don’t kill children
Even before they’re born.”

“In the womb why do you kill?
God gave life to them all.
To me, they are but Jesus,
Who laid his life for us.”

Many opposed this idea,
But since she lived in India,
The Hindus still revered her
As an Universal Mother.