One World, One Love, One Community Poem by C. P. Sharma

I was free before I was born
At my birth, I wept to mourn
To my body, I was chained
By family and society restrained

A Pandit christened when born
Of my hair, I was fully shorn
I was given a sacred thread
In age-old customs, I was bred

On going to school I was taught
By the country's laws, I was caught
By the country's constitution bound
Manyfold chains here, I have found

The latest fad is human rights
I find their violation in highlights
What is freedom, where is it?
Why is man in narrow loyalties split? ? ?

Let us in Fatherhood of God bind
Let there be brotherhood of mankind