The twentieth century marvel and peneaca for human suffering, <br />That was widely perceived to rid human race of exploitation by fellow humans <br />And uplift the downtrodden and the have nots, got disgraced, <br />And thrown out from the land of its birth and lands of experimentation <br />And implementation, the Communism, <br />Is cooling its heels in the hearts of the die hard sympathizers; <br /> <br />China, still claiming communist in “spirit”, curbing freedom to its citizens, <br />Has cleverly implemented the other rival ism, the capitalism, <br />Reaped the associated benefits, is now suffering the disadvantages <br />Heaped on the world of nations by the greedy and consumerist folk, <br />Cutting jobs and making lives of millions listless and agonizing, <br />But capitalism is still not blamed for human losses in dignity and respect; <br /> <br />Socialism, the pet of modern international and Indian politicians for the last sixty and odd years <br />Is replaced in implementation by welcoming globalization, <br />The arm of capitalism by their own creed; <br /> <br />Rationalism, feminism, dalitism, etc., isms too <br />Are thriving in many hearts to correct wrongs <br />Respectively done to the concerned; <br />Still humanity is restless; <br /> <br />Why? <br /> <br />Is it not because it has not taken seriously <br />The eternal and time-tested ism, that brings peace and strength to human mind, <br />Whether one is successful or otherwise; rich or otherwise; <br />All the isms together can not emancipate humans <br />Unless they cultivate spiritualism, the essence of humanism, <br />The King of all isms; <br /> <br />Else the search for “proper” ism <br />Continues forever fruitlessly <br />Eluding humanity the required beneficent ism<br /><br />Varanasi Ramabrahmam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-elusive-ism/
