You are there, <br />In the tenderness of new born, <br />the stillness of the pond, <br />the whispers of new morn, <br />the silence of stars and moon <br />Entwined in heavenly bond. <br /> <br />Yes, I know you are there, <br />in the simplicity of a single cell, <br />the complexity of myself, <br />in the gentleness of the rain. <br />Your grandeur straddles atop mountains, <br />the thunder and lightening booms your exuberance. <br /> <br />But, <br /> <br />Where are you? <br /> when in your name, <br />brother slaughters brother, <br />earth opens, <br />swallows mother, sister raped. <br />Then battered and bruised, <br />honour killing they say, <br />leaving mouths agape. <br /> <br />Where are you? <br />when in your creation, <br />I see hunger, disease and devastation. <br />I see man, no respect for woman, <br />child not for parents, <br />and vice versa. <br />Love conditional. <br />Love, only for money and sex. <br /> <br />I’m but a human, <br />See only the indigenous <br />Help me. <br />I have no choice, <br />But to climb further to seek u <br />Teach me to take one day at a time. <br /> <br />21-09-08<br /><br />ANJALI SINHA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/are-you-there-in-top-500/
