IF I COULD COMFORT THE SUFFERING MASS,
IF I COULD DEMOLISH EVERY SOCIAL CLASS,
IF I COULD REMOVE EVERY DISCRIMINATION,
IF OVER THE DARK , I COULD DOMINATE LUMINATION.
‘I AM GREAT ‘IS PERHAPS WHAT MANY SAY,
IF I COULD JUST TELL THEM WHO ARE THEY,
IF I COULD TELL THEM, THEY ARE THE CREATION OF GOD,
IF I COULD TELL THEM TO BOW BEFORE THE ALMIGHTY LORD.
IF INTO ONE, I COULD UNITE THE WORLD,
IF I COULD LOWER THE POLITIC FLAGS UNFURLED,
IF I COULD HIGHER THE FLAG OF PEACE AND MIRTH.
THE VERY DAY WOULD SURELY BE WORLD’S REBIRTH.
IF I COULD TEACH LIFE’S TRUE MEANING TO ALL,
IF I COULD SEE A GRADUAL DOWNFALL..
DOWNFALL OF ALL THE CRUELTY WITHIN,
DOWNFALL OF ALL THE DISHONESTY WITHIN.
MY WISHES ARE ENDLESS ,
BUT ONE THING I KNOW,
THE DAY MY WISHES COME TRUE,
IT WOULD BE A BIRTH OF BETTER ME AND YOU!
-Nikesh Lilani
Excellent poem
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