Let your heart freely sing and dance

At every tine and tune, every move

The moon and the sun ever chance;

At every breath your cares behoove.

Such splendid treasures of utter joy

From the infinite azure above and the endless emerald below –

Each ripple a sheaf of diamond in flow –

Beauty incarnate only the divinity could bestow.

A human life is a grand destination

On this planet, in this entire universe!

You own it for free, yet you foolishly shun

This boon supreme, and wallow in self-made curse --

Of crusades of hatred, pitiful expansionism,

Reign of terror, insecurity, mania, blood-thirsty quest for supremacy;

Of temptation of heavenly damsels; dread of illusory chasm;....!.

Why drown your days in such racy

Squalor, for millennia, killing innocents, all over the world?

You – enemies of humanity, befriending the sword,

AK-47, suicide-car-bombs, RDX, grenades hurled

At crowds – you coward murderers! – shouting ‘Great is God!’

Who on earth commits such heinous crimes –

Razing to ground sanctuaries of culture, learning, peace;

Burning progress; turning to ashes libraries; choking sweet chimes

Of temple-bells; throwing history’s glory into darkest abyss?

With all due respect, how could words of personal preference

Or of vengeful call by a self-appointed messenger or guide

Of herds or clans, in ambiguous, self-righteous, sentences

In a solitary “Book”, writ centuries ago, new age of enlightenment override?

What for – this blind frenzy for ruthless power?

What for – this pathetic plan for conversion, dominance?

Let only a Muezzin of true human faith and face beckon from the tower;

Let only good-neighborly heart cross your heart, san a domineering stance.

Now, for sure, enough is enough!

Now this abominable insanity must come to an end!

Until you mend your mindset, the mad-rushing black stuff

Of your skull, to a civil school or a sanitarium, you ought to lend.

Love, liberty, peace, non-violence are certainly the best

Heritage the house hosts – its fondest find and treasure.

From the tip of the land to the crest of the Everest,

These virtues abound, almost without measure.

But, what if the simple language

Of love and humanity is flailed, falls on deaf ears?

Remember – to rid the meek family of evil-doers, in every age,

God Himself, as a Jewel of Man, reappears!