I love my Family
POETRY FORMAT, 10 Dec 2012
Dr. M. Ashaq Raza – TRANSCEND Media Service
Of galaxies, stars, planets
Is an earth hamlet
Where lives a small family
Of humans
And this is my family
Of 6 billion members
They are, European, Americans
Asian, African, Australians,
They are Muslims, Jews, Christians
They are Hindus, Budhs, Jains
Baha’is, Sikhs, Rastafarians,
And other believers
And the nonbelievers
They all are my family
And I love my family
Whatever region they belong to, No matter
They are black or white, No matter
They are rich or poor, No matter
They are male or female, No matter
Whether they hate me, or love, No matter
They are little or tall, No matter
But I love them all
I love all religions
Because they have one vision
The goodness
And
Only goodness
But sometimes this goodness
Makes me very sad
When it clashes and kills
Members of my family
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Dr. M. Ashaq Raza: Former Director of Research at Eritrean Institute of Technology (EIT), State of Eritrea, currently an academician in Department of Higher Education, Govt of Jammu and Kashmir (India). Founder “Attitude Change International”, a non-Profit Peace NGO engaged in sustainable peace and development. An all time volunteer for greater good, and associated with various national and international development organizations especially Red Cross, Rotary International, Amnesty International and UN.
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