Hypocrisy

They speak of heavens, tempt you with fine words,

Tell tales of Devil and Hell, will you believe and follow ?

They take you to big altars, and make your heart levitate,

Say life and world are insipid, will you believe and follow ?

Claiming truths of universe, offering salvation on a platter,

Dawn to dusk, they entice you, will you believe and follow ?

Immaculate are their clothing, holy dreams in their sleeves,

Steeped in rituals and texts, will you believe and follow ?

And a hedonic cries out,'' I pray to the end of the sky,

An awning over us gently held '', will you believe and follow ?

A vagabond taunts you hard, and enters into the temples,

Beseeches gods to come out, will you believe and follow ?

Savage and cruel to the core, refuses to read any book,

And calls the space his God, will you believe and follow ?

Peek into a poor man's eyes, and crinkles of all his rags,

They will lead you to worship, will you believe and follow ?

Friends ! all clean is not good, and all dirt does not make a devil,

Darkness defines the light well, will you believe and follow ?

© Harish Mamgain