Songs Of Discovery: 05 Poem by Subhas Chandra Chakra

I swear
By the name of
all the Gods here
hidden inside the mosques,
hidden inside the temples,
hidden inside the church,
in whatever form under
human approval
That I shall
never ever preach
others to be good
instead of
being good myself,
That I shall
never teach anything
to minds young
and hearts sensible
a line of thought
that could be read
and used otherwise
in an evil way,
That I shall never
belong to a pond
Where Oceans are around,
That I shall never
possess a thread
or sect or a path
of God, however sacred
It may be,
if it belongs to
a few, instead of
to all and the whole.

I swear
solemnly by my heart
I shall never
ever be a party
to a war
Between faiths and beliefs,
Between God's who
are followed and
Dogs love to follow,
Between the haves and
the have-nots,
Between men who
love to suppress
and women who
love to be possessed.

I swear
that I shall never
ever succumb
to anyone else's
evil design or to
anything that comes
In the ways
of my planet,
of my society
that accepts the
Universe as one.