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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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