Ghandi the Great Liberator

By: Paul Davis
Submitted: 2007-01-17 11:30:16
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Ghandi the great
Inferiority found no place in you
By passive resistance
Non-cooperation
Civil disobedience
Holding to the higher law
The sanctity of human life
The dignity of the individual
Honoring the teachings of Jesus
Truth and firmness
Inward strength
Outward humility
Overthrowing the cast system
Respecting each person’s dignity
Fighting for equality
Obtaining governmental concessions
For Indians in South Africa
You gained recognition
Abolishing the poll tax
Perseveringly never regressing
Continually pressing
Arranging demonstrations
Opposing colonial masters
Controlling your country
Indians in public office governmentally
Resigned and boycotted
Children were removed
From British run schools
Indians sat and blocked the streets
Not cowering
To the beatings of British police
Soon Ghandi from prison was released
The revolutionary and leader
Would not be appeased
Peaceably resisting
Without violence
Though the British massacred Indians
At Amritsar, Punjab mercilessly
You continued fearlessly
Bringing reforms throughout society
Independence economically
Self-rulership a necessity
To lift your people
Out of poverty
The international symbol
Of a free India
Ghandi the beloved liberator
You remained ever so humble
Dressing in the lowliest Indian garments
Surviving on vegetables, fruit, and milk
Your didn’t require costly silk
Revered by your people as a saint
Mahatma (great-souled) Ghandi
You enlightened the world to see
That we can truly live peaceably
Refrain from hostility
Advocate our causes passionately
Always embrace purity
Love all mankind wholeheartedly
Such a life of serving humanity
Brought you executive authority
To promote righteousness
Throughout your beloved country
Propagating communal unity
Concern and charity
Denying yourself when need be
To display public disapproval
That freedom might come to the oppressed
Undertaking a fast unto death
As your heart burned for justice
To improve the status of the Untouchables
You dedicated yourself to eradicate
The injustices of the caste system
Primarily untouchability
Your fasts forced reforms
Modified autocratic rules
Intervened politically repeatedly
Putting all on hold
Until your approval was told
Rejecting compromises
You did not sell your soul
Settling not for partial victories
You sought the whole
Complete liberation
Independence of your homeland
Ghandi you’re a brave man
Sincere and strong
Steadfastly opposing
The partitioning of India
Pursuing internal peace
Between Muslims and Hindus
A religious fanatic
Preferring war
Foolishly killed you
Obviously unaware
Of what your death would do
Bringing peace betwee
India and Pakistan
Nevertheless your death Ghandi
Was an international catastrophe
Yet a platform it prepared for thee
To inspire nonviolent movements
And peaceful activism globally
Therefore let the truth
March on peacefully!

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