Russel Choudhury Poems

In the Name of He, who is the First.
In the Name of He, who is the Last,
He who has No beginning nor End.
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O my God, You who have created me out of clay…
You who have created me also out of flesh…
You who have given me the earth as my resting place…
You who have given me this life as a test…
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This is England!
England, with it's crown and country, the city workers and the farmers poultry,
Big Ben and the Houses of Commons, and the last lands to be invaded by the Romans,
This is England!
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All constrained up, and on their knees with their hands bound!
Back and forth do they rock, with their hands bound,
In the dark do they rock with my hands bound,
bound behind their back, trembling with every sound,
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Down fell the two towers! Nothing was to be the same again.
It was said to be done in the name of my Faith, in defence of my Faith.
Shocked and disturbed I opened up the Book of my Faith and read:
“if anyone kills a human-being unjustly it would be as though they had killed the whole of humanity, and if anyone saves a human-being it would be as though they had saved the whole of humanity.”
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Tick-tock, tick-tock, goes the hand of time
Tick-tock, tick-tock, goes this life of mine
If all the whole world was to be nothing but a playtime
Tick-tock, tick-tock, why do I feel like the one left behind
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In the Name of He, who is the First.
In the Name of He, who is the Last,
He who has No beginning nor End.
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In the Name of He, who is the First.
In the Name of He, who is the Last,
He who has No beginning nor End.
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In the Name of He, who is the First.
In the Name of He, who is the Last,
He who has No beginning nor End.
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O Jesus, peace be upon him, the one who was the Word of God…
O Jesus, peace be upon him, who came and was always in the Thoughts of God…
O Jesus, peace be upon him, he who was born of the Virgin Mary…
O Jesus, peace be upon him, and peace be upon his mother Mary…
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