###mother Teresa (11) In The Midst Of War Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

“The death, I’ve seen,
Besides horrors of famine,
But I had never been,
Earlier, to a war scene.”

“What do they really feel,
When they mercilessly kill
These children of God;
This I don’t understand.”

Thus spoke the Mother,
Amidst the scene of war,
In 1982, when Palestinians
Were fighting with Israelis.

It became Mother’s concern
To rescue 37 retarded children
Trapped there in between
The roaring sounds of guns.

On her appeal a ceasefire,
To honor the words of her,
Was brought in temporarily
Till she took them out safely.

The reason not knowing why,
The poor children began to cry.
She hugged them all, one by one,
More as a Mother, than a nun!

It gave the world no surprise
If the great Nobel Peace Prize
Of 1979 was awarded to Mother
For all the noble services of her.

Her mercy that was endless,
True, knew no boundaries.
Her zeal to serve the poor,
And the needy abated never.

Unmindful of her failing health,
She travelled on this earth,
Far and wide, nook and corner,
Non-stop, to serve the poor.

The Ethiopian hungry people,
The radiation victims of Chernobyl,
The Armenian earth quake victims,
All had her merciful blessings.

She gave them food and shelter,
At their much needed hour,
In those dangerous places,
None ventured to do services.

No doubt, she was the spouse
Of the holy son of God, Jesus,
Who commanded her to serve
Those poor who did deserve.