CASTING STONES: editor's choice

CASTING STONES


Is there anyone who has not had a single fall?
Why stones should be cast on the fallen by one and all?

Who amongst us has not sinned that we hate the sinners?
Why think that morally we alone are the winners?

When we feel like condemning others for trespasses,
Let’s remember what Gandhi once had told the masses.

He said, “Don’t hate the sinner, though you may hate his deed.”
I say, don’t blame the father if astray goes the seed.

Jesus told his followers, “Let him cast the first stone,
To commit a sin in life who has never been prone.”

So, my friends, I tell you this, our deeds are all mundane.
Towards those who err we should forever be humane.


• Written as rhyming couplets, 13 syllables per line.
• Showcased in Poetry Newsletter dated 17 February 2010.



M C Gupta
12 February 2010