Parallel Universe

There is no one like you,
but you,
or is there,
someone just like you,
who looks like you,
eats like you,
loves a copy of the same person you love too.

Could it be,
that there be,
another person the same as me,
and you,
and you,
and everyone around us?

If our actions were the same,
would my life be dictating his,
or his mine,
in this strange universe with parallel universes.
Mukund Palat Rao
December 13, 2012

A Prayer for Peace

A Prayer for Peace

The mistakes of the past,
cannot be blamed on the present,
but remember it and do not forget,
for remembrance is all we have left,
now that everything has been lost,
our lands taken,
and our way of life destroyed.

There is a solemnity in old memories,
a common pain,
shared amongst us all,
a wistfulness of a different present,
that could have come with a different past.

But let things be,
the way the stand,
just the way the Lord above forgives us for our sins,
and forgiveness is a divine art.

Two wrongs have never helped set things right,
and things now can never be the same,
as it was in the past,
nostalgia is a wonderful thing,
but we might find ourselves more content beings.
if we give it up, get on, and let it go.
Mukund Palat Rao
December 3, 2012

This is dedicated to all the ongoing conflicts on our planet.