Ghandi (what legends are made of)

A Christ and a Buddha in our own time

One man against governments and religion

As close as you get to the divine

He promoted unity not division

One man that changed the world for all time

In the midst of strife

He was the conscience for all mankind

He was prepared to give his life

“I am a Muslim, and a Hindu,

and a Christian and a Jew

and so are all of you”

Nonviolence for peace he would barter

He used peace to fight violence and won

He died impoverished, as a martyr

Known as the father of India, its peaceful son

Author's Note

“For my cause I am prepared to die
There is no cause for which I am prepared to kill”
“If we obtain our cause by murder and bloodshed I want no part of it”
“Poverty is the worst form of violence” Mahatma Ghandi
“Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth” Albert Einstien