Ayaz Solangi

“Lives to Serve Before I Sleep (The Poem)

Lives to serve before I sleep,
'cause service is my salvation;
Wounds to heal before I sleep,
'cause time is wailing for absolution;
Bridges to build before I sleep,
'cause too many walls are raised already;
Peoples to unite before I sleep,
'cause civilization is trembling and walking unsteady.

Shackles to shatter before I sleep,
'cause corruption festers in the stagnant norm;
Labels to erase before I sleep,
'cause they've only confused our global dorm;
Sects to humanize before I sleep,
'cause segregation has weakened the human bond;
Blades to burn before I sleep,
'cause they've turned the world into a bloody pond.

Tears to wipe before I sleep,
'cause the society is lost in fun;
Homes to heal before I sleep,
'cause ego has wrecked the nests a ton;
Biases to alleviate before I sleep,
'cause bigotry has outweighed compassion;
Purity to pour before I sleep,
'cause all are chasing petty gratification.

Spirits to lift before I sleep,
'cause the minds are running dry;
Gods to build before I sleep,
'cause orthodoxy makes humanity cry;
Wars to end before I sleep,
'cause no life is expendable and puny;
Humans to raise before I sleep,
'cause where humans act human there reigns harmony.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Lives to Serve Before I Sleep

“Hoist your heart and light up the lives, for darkness is upon us and humanity is in peril.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders

“If you want to be an extremist, be extreme in your acts of kindness - if you want to be a fundamentalist, practice the fundamental principle of acceptance in every walk of your life - if you want to be an intellectual, use your intellect to improve human condition.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Lives to Serve Before I Sleep

“The world needs madness, a madness for justice, a madness for harmony, a madness for equality, a madness for humanitarian glory. If everyone had the madness for doing good, there wouldn't be any misery in the world. So, be mad, be furious, be rebellious towards every bit of misery, inequality and injustice in the world. Remember, every injustice anywhere in the world is your business, every misery anywhere in the world is your business, every segregation anywhere in the world is your business. Human condition anywhere in the world is your business.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders