Something I Look At-48 Poem by Smrui Ranjan Mohanty

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-48
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

History tells the consequences of war with
no oneemerging a complete winner,
the victor and the vanquished losing the
game one way or other.
It is the humanity that is the greatest loser and
the force inimical to man and
his development the ultimate victor

If one is to wage a war,
it Is to be against oneself,
his negative emotions and instincts,
against pride and prejudice, hatred and
jealousy, poverty and illiteracy, regionalism
and religious fanaticism, parochialism, economic disparity and all those
forces that divide and put artificial
barriers between man and man
nation and nation, region and region.

The battle is for a better tomorrow,
a new world order, more just and
egalitarian where people have the opportunity to develop in an atmosphere of freedom
and peace to become themselves.
To fight the battle, one does not
need a gun, but a pair of
eyes that sees no disparity, a heart
that beats for humanity, a mind that
is committed to human values
and the will to see that glorious
tomorrow and the vision to make it a
reality.

copyright@ Smruti Ranjan 24.7.2017