Preach Humanity Before Religiosity! Poem by Daya Nandan

When terrorist claim to kill in the name of god,
Ending the lives, believing that those killed are flawed,
When hatred breeds from certain religious beliefs,
And discrimination spreads from some religious chiefs,

Can we really hope that religion alone will bring peace?
Can we hope that such mindless killings will ever cease?
In my view religion alone is just not enough,
For many evil men manipulate it to cheat, lie and bluff,

We need to practice humanity, we need to embrace morality,
We need a commonly accepted belief to improve our mentality,
We need to teach ourselves and the many generations ahead,
To value life more than the promise of an afterlife for the dead,

One could argue that terrorists are interpreting religion wrongly,
But yet we see their numbers rising quickly and strongly,
It is time for a change of our perspective and mentality,
It is time to preach humanity before religiosity!