and no mask on any face!

AND NO MASK ON ANY FACE!
A poem about hurt and hope(April 2002)

Where hearts once mingled
Lay the ruins of a nest…
The weak are being singled
By mobs, crazy and possessed

Our earth lies shattered
Soaked in bloodshed…
Our hope seems fractured
As humanity plays dead!

Passions are being rocked
The turbulence is on a high…
Reasons are being mocked
Some by a sneer, others by a sigh!

We have to stretch ourselves
Look within… and look without…
Sift the grain from the chaff
And throw those ugly masks out!

We have to start at home
We have to set it right…
Cleanse our minds of hatred,
And stop this ugly fight!

We have to make a move
Before the past buries our future…
We need to come together
For a cause that’s getting dearer!

We need to come together
By each let this be heard
Call it “saving ourselves”
Or find a better word…

Put away those excuses
Throw away those reasons…
Let’s all work together
And usher in a new season!

A new season for all of us
Never mind our ethnic race
A season of compassion and kindness
And no ugly mask on any face!