Ode To Humankind

Jungles, Mountains, Temples, Mosques

Hither and thither 

Everywhere you wander

Streets to rivers

Petals to flowers

Searching for that elusive aroma

Like a musk meandering

You’re the Deer 

You’ve the musk

Look within you’ll find Thee

Seeking out

What lies within

A fool’s folly

Is what you’ve become

Why are you lost?

What have you lost?

Searching The Lord

When within you lies The Lord

You’re the Ocean

You’re the Messiah

You’re the Prayer

You’re the Answer

You’re the Prophet

You’re the Epithet

Within you it’s always been 

Yet to you it remains unseen

What’s within you

Is what’s within me

I am You

You are Me!

Unlock the doors to your mind

Open your heart to love

Be good, do good

And let the goodness flow

Like a river flows seamlessly

Let go of all delusions 

Attachments are an illusion 

Ignorance is the evil

Love is the only religion

Love leads to salvation

Love is transcendental

Love will set you free 

Love will get you to Thee

Krishna, Allah are the same

Nanak, Buddha said the same

You and me, we are the same

Yet we fight over what’s right 

Yet we kill and so many are dead

The same blood flows in your veins

The same blood that’s crimson red

Water is the essence of life

Without water there is no life

Melting glaciers, depleting ice

Polluting water, destroying life

Yet you think you are wise

Searching for water on Mars

Having depleted resources on Earth

You think you are smart

When simple facts you can’t grasp

Drop by drop, step by step

That’s the theory of evolution 

Corruption, pollution at every level 

And you’re calling it the solution

Water, air, land and wildlife

Wasted humans, wasted life

Nothing no longer is pure

No growth within but material growth

The more you have, the less it is

And you keep yearning for more

More and more of your needs

You want it all beyond what you need

So insatiable your thirst is 

Quite a growth this is indeed

How can you forget 

What you inherited at birth 

The open skies, holy Mother Earth

Having taken all from her

Now you space travel 

To find another Earth…

– Pushpender Rathee