Losing The 'Us'

Wrote this on 7th August 2004 at a Poetry Competition.

God created this world and human beings

Filled with emotions that would guide their deeds,

Established some relationships which would bind them to some rules

And their hearts were like emotion’s pool.

They used honesty against lies

Which helped them maintain their ties,

Their love erased all sorts of anger and hatred

From the world God so beautifully created;

But these emotions exist no more,

For they have vanished from the heart’s core.

The feeling of unity which bound people together

Have now evaporated from their hearts,

Only words like ‘I’ and ‘Me’ exist

These days on the people’s cards.

We stand against our friends now

Believing this would lower their self-esteem,

But unknowingly, without realizing

We are letting down our own prestige.

People, these days, have forgotten

That they are social animals,

And with their friends’ help and unity

They can stand against all odds as one.

Losing our friends, Losing the ‘US’

Does not mean we are great,

Instead we are losing ourselves,

Our inner self, under our own weight.