Peace Process Poem by C. P. Sharma

Peace is our heart’s deep desire,
But the wishful mind backfires;
The bridge of trust it can’t build,
The heart’s desire is not fulfilled.

The sense of ‘otherness’ breeds distrust,
The mutual peace process disrupts;
For safeguard the boundaries we fix;
Brick by brick new barriers we fix.

Initially, man and Nature were one,
Adam and Eve in the Garden Eden;
Fruit of Knowledge brought first fall,
With honey tongue and a heart of gall.

The first split of man and Nature,
A civilized man’s first caricature;
Condemned Nature as jungle rule,
He himself became gradually cruel.

All flora and fauna destroyed,
World now is of wildlife void;
Now a few forests are found,
Global warming is all around.

Now victim of religion and race,
Narrow boundaries we embrace;
Boundary’s sake wars are fought,
In micro ego’s net we are caught.

Mighty nuclear power command
Self-annihilation we have planned;
Everywhere the peace is at stake,
Why our conscience doesn’t wake?

Awake! Arise! Give Nature due place,
Rise above the religion and race;
Use safe power for peaceful ends,
For damaged ozone make amends.

With forest & wild life make friend,
Let not inflated fake ego pretend,
The boundary barriers transcend,
For coexistence don’t apprehend.

Let this world be one place,
From it all miseries efface;
Let us learn the lesson of love,
With Nature let us be hand and glove.

Let us open up our minds,
Towards the animals be kind;
Citizens of the world unite,
In man’s brotherhood take delight.