SOMETHING I LOOK AT-135

 SOMETHING I LOOK AT-135

BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

          THE MAHATMA

Mahatma

Not merely  a word

Not even a noun or adjective 

He is the pulse of a nation

Cause of million smiles

And a ray of light in utter darkness 

He was not a man

But an institution

An ocean in a drop of water.

He is our Bapu

The beats of a thousand  hearts 

The hopes of millions of people 

Fighting against violence, injustice and fanaticism from across the world 

He is the father of the nation

Who proved nothing is impossible 

If one is committed to truth and nonviolence, practice it in thought, words and deeds,

means what he says, 

remains the same

both inside and outside 

The problem is not with his ideology

It still holds good, still  the same as it was

The problem is with us

We are not pure,

true to ourselves 

We say something which we are not actually

Hypocrisy is our biggest weapon with which

We fight and hope to win the battle of life

To the Mahatma 

No goal is as important as the means

All through his life, he made no compromises 

With what he held high

Truth, nonviolence and peace.

To be a Mahatma is not easy

To be free from hypocrisy, hatred, jealousy and negativity in all its forms is a yogi's dream.

We have a million problems 

Coz we are not his worthy successors 

Coz we see the goals not the means

Coz we accepted Gandhiji but forgot the values for which he fought for.

We do not understand him

What to follow his teachings?

The moment one starts following his footsteps he will be himself,

a man in the pursuit of all that is best.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©

2.10 .2019

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