We are United

a poem by Dattatraya H Saitawdekar

We are united.
Number of times, we are united.

In every challenging situation,
whenever, we face the enemy,
we are united
My whole country is united.

Otherwise,
we are split up into different groups, different parties,
different religions, different castes,
different states.

Even then,
we, all in our own party, are united against the opposite party.
We, all in our own group, are united against the opposite group.
We, all in our own religion, are united against the other religion.
We, all in our own caste, are united against the other caste.
Whenever, we quarrel with our neighbour,
we, all in our own family, are united.

When we file a suit against our cousins,
we, all brothers are united.

We are united;
number of times, we are united.
In every challenging situation;
whenever, we face the enemy,
we are united.

The more powerful the enemy,
more united we are.

Hence,
I look forward to
facing an unknown alien enemy,
from the other world,
in order to unite the human race;
in order to unite this world.