Our Brothers Keeper Poem by sookdeo manansingh manansingh

As the rivers and lakes need the clouds to reach the shore
so too wisdom and faith gives us the strength to lead us furthermore
when we examine how the plants need the sunlight to grow
we must recognize that the silence within gives us a brilliant glow

we have so many unfulfilled desires because we ask for much more than what we give
why not refrain to leap over the mountain and remain contented to live
to wake up each day and carry the cross of responsibility is not too difficult to achieve
the amount of effort we put to plough into the soil in return is what we shall receive

sometimes we get angry with ourselves which makes us fall
when we fail to follow the right path and choose the wrong call
when we look around and see how fortunate we are to have the gift of life and to be free
we must have that same awareness with nature in every form of life that we see

we have the power to change the world by what we put into the mind
let's be our brother's keeper
and to turn our eyes blind.