697. Let Me Hold Everybody! 051009 Poem by Raman Savithiri

Unless I feel one with all,
How can I love equally all?
When my ‘I’ stands as wall,
How can I expand and swell?

If a finger bleeds, eyes will cry.
If a wounded fellow beings to cry,
Why does my heart become dry?
Why no tear drops in my eye?

If a finger wears a ring gold
Eyes also glow with proud!
If a neighbour gets more wealth
Why my heart shrinks beneath?

If a rotten finger smells bad
Will I cut and throw as mad?
Won’t I try my best to cure?
And make my part once more?

Criminals are also my part
Why do I push them apart?
Why hatred hidden in my heart?
Won’t I make them worst?

If a finger pricks my eye
Will I punish it by any way?
If a person makes an ache
Why do I spring to hit back?

Unless I feel all in my being
As how finger is related to body,
How can I wisely behave?
Unless I hold in me everybody!