Same wind reared us
We chased the same sun
Same moon charmed usMy blood
Is as red as yours
My touch as warm as yours
My heart beats the same
It's no different than yours
Yet here we are
You won't drink from my cup
And refuse to share my plate
Like our fathers
And their fathers before them
Poles apart we stand
Segregated by surnames
Smoldering in ethnic rage
You stand tall and proud
I lay down and under
You run the day
I am merely a bystander
How long do you think you can pretend
That we are not treated differently?
How could you go to sleep my friend?
How could you wake up indifferent?
How does your poor heart defend?
Reach deep, for once
Into your breast
And lay it all bare
Let your heart sing
The song it knows best
You will see
What makes us, what binds us
Is stronger than us
You surely know this
As much as I do
There's nothing to fear
Nothing to lose brother, only to gain
Love shall show us the way
And it shall ease our pain
Love shall ease our pain!
Kshitiz is a medical doctor.
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