Afraid Poem by John Prophet

A poem with wonderful insight. Wars are games played by selfish and greedy 'leaders'/rulers. At the top everyone is alone and scared of losing his/her seat. to save it, he/she indulge in wars, invoking 'patriotism' among the people he or she rules

6) After reading this poem, I wonder: Is this why John Prophet turn his back to the world? (Smiles)

5) great philosophocal poem. top score and onto my Favourites. All the Best, dear Poet.

4) Our philosophy again says 'Thyena thyaktena Bhunjeetha' - take from the nature what is just enough for your survival, not to satisfy your greed. This is exactly Gandhiji said: Nature has enough to sate everone's hunger, but not the greed of a few.

3) so, there will be no wars, no deaths in the battlefields. No more haulocausts, No Auschwitz, No Hiroshima, No Nagasanki, no Kurukshetra. No nothing, but just the human beings, living Universal Brotherhood. respecting every form of life But, then the inept rulers won't survive their misdeeds.

'Patriotism' is a misnomer. same with 'sedition'. Hindu philosophy preaches 'Vasudhaiva Kudumbakam'- the entire world is my family. When we start believing and practicing this, the man-made boundaries of nations vanish. Even nations vanish. no patriotism, no sedition.. There remains just one Earth