The Colourless Man

I believe that every man and woman have it in them to be an angel,
Just like all of us have it in us to love over and over again.
We survive the heartaches; we have it in us to overcome the pain.

Baby, do you know that I too lose my self control?
I see you look at me; I know you want to hug me when it’s cold,
What’s stopping you then angel, is it coz I’m different, I’m not the same?
I didn’t know that love knew barriers made by man. It’s such a shame.

I know I love you more than any man with the same colour of your skin,
And I could keep you smiling always, in the love that we would be in.
How I wish I could tell you, how much you mean to me,
I wish you would see how much I need you baby.

The world has her own rules. Rules GOD never dreamt,
man would stoop so low to create.
Just so he could live in what he thought was his comfort,
In his insecurities, he built walls to differentiate
Between religion, Caste and Colour.
When will he learn that there is true freedom, behind this barrier.

If you could let go of your fears and realize the salvation in every breath,
Break away from the man made barriers, and feel the freedom you’d get!
You’d be able to love like never before, then you’d understand
That we are all the same and I’m not really a colourless man.

I pray that you will overcome all, I pray for the universe and her folk
Who branded me different coz my skin is pale.
I still have the faith; I very much know the power of prayer,
We will overcome these barriers, and our good soul will prevail.

Note: I wrote this initially as a reference note to myself, as I was working on the screenplay for a film that’s just completed it’s shoot in Mumbai. I came across this poem recently and read it a couple of times. I know I wrote it initially to keep with the theme of the film I was writing, but now I see a lesson in there. We are all different, at some stage or the other we get alienated from the world around us. We also alienate others who we feel do not belong to the world around us. Remember the world is NOT just made up of the world around us. What we do not see, what we do not understand is also a part of this creation. Everyone breathes, everyone loves, everyone hurts, everyone feels exactly the way you do. So rise above it all, and learn to love, breath and live in not just the world around us, but beyond that too. Understand the power of your prayers, feel the mercy of GOD and love without barriers. I pray and I smile for you and for me to be so. – Tagore Almeida -