My Guru,
I want the Sikhs to rise up and show the whole world
that humans can change,
for the better,
quickly.

I want to see Sikhs stop drinking and smoking.
I want to witness Sikhs acting like heroes.
I want to see Sikhs fighting everywhere
against caste,
against white supremacy and every other kind of racism.
I want to see Sikh organizations go from being male dominated
to practicing gender equality
over night.
I want to see Sikhs defending
the trees, and the animals and the air and the water.

O my yes,
I want it to be like them old days,
when Sikhs were doing it already!
The World doesn't know about Sikhi yet.
How would YOU like to see the Sikhs
enter the World play?

O I know,
I need to release and detach.
But, my Guru, you know me.
I am just a little girl in my heart
who heard a story
about the Sikhs,
and then another, and another, and another.
Until I was begging to be allowed to belong with these people.

And You my Guru weren't racist.
You took me right in and I became Khalsa.
I really wanted to be a good Sikh
and I got tested and I am still being tested.
You know how I have failed.
And by amazing GRACE, I have succeeded too.
I even tried to give it up,
yet You, my Guru, knew
I am devoted to You.

Can humans change?
Or are we just STUCK with the way things are?
Is it our Karma that our World is being run
by MONEY, SEX and POWER addicts?
We should just accept this and wait for a better rebirth?
O my Guru, my champion,
how I long for the Sikhs to rise up again,
against such FALSE beliefs everywhere!

Kamalla Rose Kaur is a professional writer, theater director, workshop and seminar leader, publicist, events planner and singer.

USA born of Irish descent, Kamalla Rose Kaur embraced Sikhism in 1972 at age 18. She tried everything for over twenty years, including frantic practice of Yoga, until she learned "why Sikhs are so adament about having the Sri Guru Granth Sahib as their only Guru."

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