Ground of Formless Realities - Ground Zero

Ground of Formless Realities
Ground Zero

AN APPEAL TO MAKE IT ONLY A GANDEN OF GOD- A PLACE OF PEACE
AND NON-VIOLENCE ONLY.


( The poem is dedicated to all those who lost their precious lives on 9/11)


My heart aches and emotions start bleeding

Remembering the pain and agonies of those

Who lost their lives, while we all remained watching only?

Cursing the helplessness, that we 

Could not do any thing to save 

A life, a tear from eyes of mothers and wives;

Brothers, sisters and lovers or beloveds.

Or the dear ones, who were there, just inside. 


The disaster was happening, right 

Before our eyes full of tears.  

The glaring fact of brutal and unforgivable deed

Tearing apart its people hearts in pieces and a nation’s pride 

Had moved the entire world except those

Who believe in the faith of violence and misdeeds?


Let us keep now that place ‘Ground Zero’

A place of Peace and Non violence

Where kindness and love can be seen in every branches and trees

Where Nature may exists in its serene beauty and coolness

Let there be no bricks and walls 

No pits and falls  

And no sound of any kind except the 

Sound of kindness and love and the music of nature

Which we can hear coming from birds and flowers

From plants and trees and water running streams.

Let us make it a Garden of God.,

In the memory of those who lost their lives

And kept their nation’s pride high.


Ravindra

Kanpur India 10th Sept. 2010

DEDICATION: The Poem is dedicated to 
all my fellow Americans. 
And this dedication is not only from me
but from all the peace loving people of India. 
We are with you in the hour of your grief. 
Ravindra
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Dietrich Avatar
October 17, 2010 at 12:33 AM
How kind of you. I wish all the world felt this way for my country. I can't see them putting a stream in NYC, but man, that would be awesome and I love your description of a type of Garden of Eden to start fresh!! Luv, Andrea
Eggins Avatar
September 24, 2010 at 10:55 PM
Wonderful dedication and tribute .. we all grieve with our american friends regards jayne
Smalling Avatar
September 16, 2010 at 6:56 AM
Such a great offering of humanity to humanty for humanity across the poles of seas. May this love be a seed of healing everywhere
Buggs Avatar
September 11, 2010 at 12:22 PM
I love How you can transformed and Dark and Despairing day into a jovial monument of which we celebrate a new being into a world of peace and love.if only everyone could see the world like you do there be no more wars or violence in the darkening world.Once again you bless me with your inspirational poetry.Love always your friend,Jamecia
Chu Avatar
September 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Make a place of tragedy into a monument to peace. It's powerfully poetic. Your words have made this day more symbolic for me.
A  Avatar
September 10, 2010 at 5:43 PM
SAD AND STRONG FEELINGS, RAVINDRA. ALWAYS THE RIGHT FEELING TO ALL YOUR WORDS. EVEN WHEN THEY ARE TOUCHING AND MOVING LIKE THIS DEAR POEM OF YOUR.*ENJOYED~luv*SKAT
Kendrick Avatar
September 10, 2010 at 8:49 AM
I am glad that you told me of this one..Enjoyed reading your thoughts and feelings about the event..We were going to take Caleb to the dr that day..I had everything finished that wives and mothers have to do so I sat down and turn on the tv. Right before my eyes the second plane went into the building..I could not comprehend it all at first..I still have trouble dealing with it..Sara
Sapp Avatar
September 10, 2010 at 8:45 AM
Beautifully put Ravinda! If only we could have preserved that "coming together" that everyone felt after this atrocity. Amazing isn't it? Nearly all religions teach tolerance and yet they all have members responsible for most of the hatrid and strife.
A   Avatar
September 10, 2010 at 5:32 AM
Dear, Ravindra! This poem is really moving, touches the heart all over again. The pain it build in most of us nation wide. Can never be healed. It will always go back to ground zero. The disaster that tore our hearts. The lost feeling we will hold forever just, knowing there was not much we could do to help, them poor souls,, Love your poem very sad and deep. Yes peace is what keeps our nation high,..Poet D.
Mehta Avatar
September 9, 2010 at 8:56 PM
Yes, Ravindra, I join with you to pay my heartfelt tribute to those who lost their lives in that black day 9/11. Well conceived tribute you have paid.
Kapoor Avatar
September 9, 2010 at 8:26 PM
The Poem is dedicated to all my fellow Americans. And this dedication is not only from me but from all the peace loving people of India. We are with you in the hour of your grief. Ravindra
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