Every country has its own borders;
But no good can come from closing the borders.
People across the borders must be intimate;
Then only good relationship they can cultivate.
What do the poor in this world share?
How much do the rich for them care?
Charity is more preached than given;
Denying charity will never be forgiven.
Governments make laws and laws
And they have flaws and flaws.
Which lead to much litigation;
Avoiding it is government’s obligation.
Wars evoke dreadful memories in every one’s mind;
Can we ever dream of a world of a different kind?
It depends on how much peace you can nurture
For the good of the generations of the future.
Governments promise people many a boon;
But their real face will come to light too soon.
People cannot be fooled for all the time;
It may be done for a short time.
Tainted people some ministers are;
Painted as people’s servants they are.
Under a mask they move about
Until they are finally chucked out.
A minister should not rule under a cloud
When people against him speak aloud.
If he is in a crime falsely implicated,
He must try soon to be vindicated.
Many people prefer to live in a foreign clime;
To return home they find little time.
Let them not forget where their roots are,
However great their fortunes are.
After colonialism we are not in a thicket;
We are in the midst of cricket.
This game is of Common Wealth tradition;
Many of us have to it an addiction.
There are people who are real traitors;
There are others who glorify traitors.
Both are traitors in one sense;
To shun both is commonsense.
There are power-hungry politicians
And there are peace-loving civilians.
If the former cannot keep the peace
The latter will be ill-at-ease.
Man-made bombs killed people in olden times;
Human bombs kill people in modern times,
So devilish has become man to commit suicide
In order to perpetrate large scale homicide.