Mahatma Gandhi's and Mine Appear

By Kamala Sarup

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander in the state of what is now Gujarat on October 2, 1869. Gandhi believed that the edifice of lasting peace could be erected only on the foundation of love, compassion, tolerance, coexistence and non-violence. Peace and non-violence are the only sane choices in an increasingly violent world.

I show my love and respect to Gandhi, writing a poem on Gandhi.

Mahatma Gandhi's and mine appear Kamala Sarup

The sound of loneliness

The sound more loneliness too

It comes from outside near by

Where stands a large people tree

People say

The violence haunts the place

Lonely night

People worship beneath the trees

I don't believe in violence

I have to believe

That Gandhi exist beneath the Trees

The sound is unusual

It's not either of Gods

Sometimes, from inside

Sometimes, from both sides

Weeping and lulling

At last one day

I asked the man

Whose sound is it? and why?

He said a woman has just delivered a child

I am a porter, the child is satisfied

In breastfeeding

The nipples with no milk flow

The sound is indeed a reaction arising from the gap

Between demand and supply

Nowadays, the walls crack violently

Some faint shapes of my

Mahatma Gandhi's and mine appear

Gandhi, I bow to you

The sound becomes sweet

As the poor man told, though

The sound was a struggle for peace and non violence sometimes

Even the struggle tastes sweet.

Kamala Sarup is an editor for mediaforfreedom.com/. She is specializes in in-depth reporting and writing on peace, anti-war, women, terrorism, democracy, and development. Some of her publications are: Women's Empowerment in South Asia, Nepal (booklets); Prevention of Trafficking in Women through Media, (book); Efforts to Prevent Trafficking in for Media Activism (media research). She has also written two collections of stories. http://www.mediaforfreedom.com/

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