Realizations

Let the walls remain standing,

Till  we realize that hearts,

 Cannot  be divided.

Let the fences spread high,

Till we realize that emotions,

 Cannot  be caged.

Let guns stand guard,

Till we realize our love is

Greater  than our fear.

Let curtains mar our sight,

Till we realize we do not need  

Eyes  to see.

Let passports ask questions,

Till we realize there are some questions

That  don’t deserve answers

Let maps separate us

Till we realize lines on a paper

 Can  be erased.

Let the colours on the atlas

Tell my country from yours;

Till we realize we cannot really

Tell  ourselves from each other.

Let names differentiate us

Till we realize that names are but letters joined together

Neither you nor me

Let borders separate us,

Till we realize that crows fly from my land to yours

Without a passport.

Let states partition us

Till we realize that people cannot be partitioned

Let history divide us

Till we realize we share our fragmented history

Let seventy years of separation,make us

Oblivious of the seven thousand years we shared,

Till we realize seventy

 is clearly less than seven thousand.

Lets words infuriate us

Till we realize that there are words yet unspoken

Let us fight,

Till we realize that

Family feuds still have the word family in them,

No matter how ugly

Let riots instigate us,

Till we realize that even our hatred

Stems from our love

Let trenches remain,

Till we realize a little earth

Can level the land

Let rivers overflow,

Till we realize that with each flood,

The barren land becomes fertile.

Let the drought persist,

Till we realize that there are more monsoons

Yet to come

Let the shadow lines remain,

Till we realize that shadows move,

If we move.

Let us ignore,

Till we realize that there are realizations

Yet to be made.