Abhijit Naskar's Blog - Posts Tagged "pacifism"

You know what distinguishes
a reformist from a terrorist!
The capacity to destroy the world,
yet choosing not to.

The capacity to press the button,
yet choosing not to.
The capacity to pull the trigger,
yet choosing not to.

The capacity to oblige the state,
but choosing humanity instead.
The capacity to be patriotic,
yet choosing to be human instead.

War is the symptom,
patriotism is the disease.
Terrorists harbor patriotism,
Reformists harbor peace.

In the opera of war, peace is fugitive –
thinking soldiers are no good to state,
either you kill without question, and grab
your medal, or get discharged dishonorably.

Thinking citizens are no good to democracy,
either you obey blind or be branded a terrorist.
Either you hold your mouth, mind and backbone,
or be jailed as an anarchist.

If you want to be an actor,
don’t go to film school,
become an intern to some politician.
Some say secularism is in their blood,
some say liberty, all the while being
the posterboys of persecution.

No politician will prioritize peace,
if they did, they would be out of business.
War is the currency of political power –
abandon fanaticism, and politicians go extinct.

Call me pilgrim or call me beggar,
you be my Shams, I, your Mevlana.
Call me neuro or call me nigger,
to some I’m Valium, to others Viagra.

Without salt from the South of Earth,
world philosophy, world science,
world poetry, all collapse into dust.

Wipe the south from history,
you wipe out culture and civilization,
wipe the north, you spare the planet
the most uncivilized of criminals.

Yet, holocaust for holocaust
leaves humanity in plaster cast;
human defends human,
dreams this Neuronigger.