If only I could take
all the bombs and ammunition on our beloved Earth
and throw them in a distant black hole out there in
the cosmos.
If only they were never made in the first place
and the funds were used for growth, health and
harmony.
If only instead of seeking power outside
like the deer searching for musk, we turned all our
research inwards
to find the whole cosmos that Krishna
showed to mother Yashoda in his childhood.
If only the times we are living were Sat yuga, the
golden age
rather than the black age of Kal yuga.
If only we could send all the hatred, selfishness
and greed from all our
minds
and bury them deep inside the Earth,
never to come back over
the surface again.
Then our rivers would not have been the filthy drains
that they have become.
Nor our mountains, the garbage dumps of plastic
bottles
and tin cans bereft of glaciers and ice.
Nor our deserts the testing grounds for nuclear
weapons..
Nor the cities we live in concrete jungles.
Nor so many children been beggars with no care and
food.
Nor the women the objects of display and
advertisements.
Where are we heading – they say towards progress, we
are evoluting.
Earlier we had fresh air, clean water, nutritious
food,
faith, hope and
harmony.
Now we drink passed out water, breathe carbon-dioxide
and eat genetically engineered pesticide ridden food.
If only we had more love, light and inner power
than more bombs, bullets and polluting industries.
We could say the Lord resides in us and we in the
Lord.
Fairies would be dancing on the flowers,
nymphs singing songs of love.
Our homes would be sanctuaries of peace and love.
If only…
