Gandhi’s God

Michael Peach

(Dedicated to Hanan Ashrawi)

The greatest prophet to have blessed mankind
Since Bahaullah’s quest for unity,
Mahatma Gandhi clearly left behind
The means to build a strong community.
Through nonviolent acts against the power
That occupied his nation and sapped its might,
He showed how the oppressed will cease to cower
If fortified by faith and moral right.
What led him to reject all violent creeds
And fight with pen and tongue, but not the rod?
Like most religious persons’, Gandhi’s deeds
Were motivated by an image of God:
++As Jesus’, when all is said and done,
++His deity was loving, good and One.

Jerusalem
31 December 2020

Latest Poems