GOD IS MY FRIEND

GOD IS MY FRIEND

You & I are same 

He & she are same 

Us & them are same 

being & becoming are same

wind & water are same

kid & adult are same

question & quests are same

comfort & compliance are same

trust & truth are same

suspicion & fear are same

God & friends are same

God is my friend 

I exist in similarities 

But they see me for my differences , 

But I admire them diversity

I don't claim anything

But they claim me for my religion

I say I am an Atheist

But they ask me for my full name

I try to Hold their hands

But they jolt it, saying I am an infidel

I live in this land of love and loyalty

Where love is dead

& loyalty preaches to cut each other's heads 

They want me to convert

But I follow no religion

God & I don't exist separately

But to them, their God is supreme

But to me, it's my friend

I hope they meet a God like friend

A God who loves them & hold their hand

A God who asks for no prayers & no pennies

Believes in love & no loyalty

Believes in giving & not in taking 

I hope they meet a God like friend

Who do not preaches them to be a foe to other humans.

They want me to learn & practice Their religion

But my friend , who is a God, doesn't believe in one

We sit at our dinner table & talk

About my childhood dreams and my adult stupidities

He listens to me, but they don't believe me

They call me a mad man

They call me an insane, 

a maniac, a pretend ,at best

But we talk for hours & hours

They say no God is a human`s friend

But when I look at them,

 I see them as a God & as my friends

But When they look at me, 

they see me with suspicion & an opponent. 

They say there is no God except one! 

he is supreme & knows everything, 

punishes every body & loves all,

 but when i ask them , 

if he loves all, why he punishes all? 

They say because we as humans are sinners, 

I asked them , so do you follow his path? 

& they proudly cheers - YES , 

But when i ask them , 

how is this not against love & peace, 

why does not your God talk & teach , like mine , 

why does he threaten & fight ?

their faces fell flat ,

 But their gestures remain adamant ,

 They say he knows the best ,

 I said , maybe he does , 

but mine laughs at my questions, 

your seems to fear them 

they all got offended &

tried to frighten me from what would be my forthcoming fate , 

but all I could think off was that,

  whenever I meet their god , 

when he will come to punish me

I can make him my friend , too

& maybe , then , they would be my friends too.

I hope they meet a God like friend

I hope they meet a God who listens & not demand, 

I hope they find more Gods & more companions 

I hope their God turns their foes their friends. 

I hope their God helps them find more than one friend

I hope they leave praying him

& start listening to him

I hope they burn their one book & read more of them

I hope they can communicate with their God

I hope their conversations run fruitful like mine

I hope they sleep with peace at night

I hope for the next time, they meet me

They wouldn't wrench away my hand, but hold it,

 & sing the songs of love & peace in the cherished valley of Kashmir .

LEEZA