Hillol Ray

ONLY RACE: HUMAN

The flowers of our lives bloom like the flowers in a tree –
But yearn for nutrients to achieve many goals, and grow worry free!
Water and sunlight coupled with the air –
Act as the food that we cherish, but need to share!

Growth of the tree may be delayed by a tiny cruel storm-
‘Cause of the terror, that’s so sudden and may not be the norm!
Storms in our lives also affect our thought,
And tell: battles of the past that we may have fought!

Flowers cannot bloom in a rigid arid nature,
But inhibits the ‘life’, merely, to show caricature!
Human as a flower, also, cannot flourish well –
When ‘color’ becomes issue where ‘luck’ tends to dwell!

Being born with a silver spoon may not help to feel,
The hardship of others without the zeal!
Provocation and imposition to achieve one’s goal,
May make us little happy but take the heavy toll!

Process is the same, the way we all are born –
But, why color is an issue to tout new scorn?
Why do we segregate based on the race?
And preach about equality to save our face!

Well, the time has come now to let us think it over,
About our future where minds like to hover!
Dilemma still prevails for the ‘decisions’ we take,
And it’s putting our progress quietly at stake!

So, let’s consider the globe as a nation under God –
‘Cause He is the one and only, who controls the pod!
Remember, lines dividing the nations were made by the man,
To draw the curtain in our minds whenever we can!

For equality and peace, let’s re-consider the scene –
Where globe is the “Nation” and the “Origin”!
Let us stretch the four chambers of our hearts,
And eliminate all the ‘lines’ on the global charts!

Finally, let’s act together now with big smiling face –
To eradicate the burning issues, like ‘color’ and the ‘race’!
Let the “Only Race: Human” be our focus to preserve peace on the earth –
And guard it as the key, for all generations, from death until birth!!!