Lines for Children

-K Radhakumar
Let God cease to exist
And He died
With Nietzsche.
Day by day
It’s become very difficult
To know the meaning of Evil
Evil written with a capital ‘E’
In a universe
Created by a benevolent Creator.
Doesn’t the omnipotent God think
It’s time
He does away with the evil?

Rape racism genocide
Hate murder revenge pride etc, etc.
There’s no deliverance from
All the wicked and bad things
That happen in the world.

Why deliverance
When a man is not complete
Without these elements –
I mean, the evil elements!
Weak we are
And we simply can’t give up
All personal desires
But it’s in us
That we can educate ourselves
Towards gradual spiritual upliftment
To be able to see and appreciate
The better things in life.

Is smoking an evil deed?
Think about it and tell others.
To me smoking is bad
For it’s not only injurious to my health
But also the health of passive smokers
Like my wife, my children and my friends.
Why should they suffer for a crime
They have never committed?
In a terrible predicament we are
We suffer for something we haven’t done.