To The Rulers Of The World Poem by Dhiren Doley

Provocative words of your mouth
Pain in my heart
War is not a solution except its killing
Except it helping you winning elections
What is democracy different from tyranny then?
You declare wars
I lose my brothers
You gain fame
We are left to shame
Wars are over, elections are won.
You praise the soldiers
To provoke them for the borders
The cold bodies return
After a round of namesake flowering honor
Nobody remembers
How are their widows doing?
Are their orphans fed enough?
You have a smile of victory behind the hypocrite face
And their widow's nothing left but cursing their fate

You preach nationalism and patriotism
Aren't chauvinist indeed?
Never talk of love and humanity
What is that national defense,
While killing human and humanity!
Where are the nations without human being?
young women have to lose their husbands
young kids left orphans
creative minds become maker of artilleries
peaceful neighborhoods left rubbles
songs lose their tone in the sounds of weapons
dreams buried in darkness
smiles buried in hopelessness
loving hearts buried in desolation
prosperity diverted for armaments
And you still talk of defense and war

I'm worried sometimes,
Will there be love again
Will there be peace regained
Will the children grow in brotherhood as we imagine
Will the woods remain for children to chase butterflies
Will the earth remain for life's breath

If you do not burry your greed of power
No human may remain to die
No land to defend too
Your patriotism indeed a pretention
In such plays
Citizens are intoxicated
And you become fortunate

You talk of sacrifice
You sacrifice to the extravagance
The tax payers sacrifice their sweat and sword
To protect your fortunes

Development is one of your election promises;
GDP sometimes increases
You beat big drums
No time to look back
Whether there is fire in poor men's kitchen
GDP sometimes decreases
And the next election approaches
You have to pretend; you deliver promises
Cut the forest, mine the minerals
Promote industrial races
Now GDP boons
The Globe warms up
Seas swells up
Earth's lifespan brought short
A day is cut from our future
We are intoxicated with rich men's per capita
The divides increases
We don't feel, we live it
We are much far from ourselves

Before everything ends
Including ‘you' and ‘I'; the ruler and the commoner
Powerful and fragile; the tyrants and the tired
Haves and have-nots; the fortunate and the destitute
White and black; the egos and ignorance
Europeans and Asians; the prospered and aspirants
Africans and Americans; the rising stars
Christians, Hindus, Islam and Jews; the religiosities
End your greed,
Your egos and your foolishness
Let the school teach lessons for a better world
Let children flourish in hope and peace
Let the youth sing melodies of love, romance and promises
Let the forests grow to give enough breath to us
Vigor of youth be used for prosperity, not war
Power of science be used for healing, not devastation
Let the emotion and feelings resonate again
Songs of love and humanity sung again
Borders of brotherhood be broken down
Let colors be painted all over
Inside, outside and in the wind

You may say I am a utopian
A day dreamer
This is only the way
Everybody will think one day
Before the world sees its doomsday

Will you stop your provocation
That my heart may rest without pain