Teesta Review: A Journal of Poetry, Volume 5, Number 1. May 2022. ISSN: 2581-7094
Inward Bonding
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Unknown
baseless fears push me
To keep self
away from animals which I relate to inward...
They, sure,
know me more than my ilk whose surficial gauge
Does oft
yield an account inaccurate, impalpable.
The soft
spot for the rest of creation lies within deep, hidden
Visible and
palpable by it, with remote sensors sensible,
Sensitive to my latent love, be it
flora or fauna.
Stray dogs,
two, lurking across streets, condition themselves
To peep
through the holes of the big iron gates at time precise...
Can check
time, as they innocently long for the fistful of food
Offered,
stretching, pleased in anticipation, on sight of food at the same site.
This truth
elicited on search for canine behavioural patterns…an urge for mutual comfort –
Disciplined,
wait for instructions to eat...a daily regime!
They monitor
our movements, mine and family’s keeping guard at the gate.
My inner fear of their cranky,
impulsive intuitions stands sentinel in all dealings.
The other
pals are cows run on business in religious veil
Worn by
nomadic races who hire them on wages and...
Order them
to walk miles and miles wading through unruly traffic,
Rough and
ruffled roads ruling them over with a stick in hand...
Even cows
carrying their babies within, a scene unbearable to be seen…
A teary layer blurs my vision when
their eyes meet mine and their eyes too teary!
Their eyes
talk to me furtively, weary of the chaperon.
They tell me
their agony and I plead with their master for the day – to take them back.
But...only
our common tears remain.
They, sure, are
not willing to lose earning on the voiceless.
So ruthless
and selfish are we, tapping sources from nature for content on intent.
Boundless greed and apathy deforming
the mightiest of the universe into dwarfish inhuman sets.
Oh, God…you
and only you transform these back to normal.
Our silent
prayers to the Creator will someday bring a change in human heart…
May that day
arrive soon!
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