Baby
Whenever I see…
A baby in a movie,
I feel like having
Another one.
I already have two.
So what harm can
Another one do?
But then I think
Of the world’s
Seven billion….
And my advancing
Age, and I know
It wouldn’t be
The right thing
To do.
But then, a mother’s
Instinct – you know,
She always wants
More…
Us
What is it
In us…
That makes us
Kind towards
Some animals
But cruel towards
Others?
The cats,
The dogs and
The hamsters
Are born
Lucky…
To be
Petted by
Us.
The chickens,
The lambs and
The pigs are
Destined to be
Killed by us.
Is this nature’s
Law of survival
Or the deeds of
Karma?
God forbid,
In our next
Birth,
If we are
One of these
Animals,
We’ll look up to
‘Humans’ to save
And spare us.
(Poem themed on Humanity)
The Caste System
Doesn’t matter
If we are Brahmins
Or Kshatriyas,
Vaishyas
Or
Shudras.
The need for sex
Demeans us all…
The need for food
Starves us all…
The need for love
Weakens us all…
In the eyes of nature,
We are all equal.
Natural disasters
Don’t kill
The Brahmins,
The Kshatriyas,
The Vaishyas,
Or the Shudras.
Nature doesn’t
Pick and choose.
It punishes us all.
(Poem themed on Equality)
Leaves
We are like the
Leaves of the tree
That fall and
Perish away….
And then
New leaves are born.
The tree is the world.
We are the people.
(Poem themed on Metaphor)
Tragedy
That LIC agent
With the
Beautiful
Writing…
Very genteel,
And good-looking.
Baba told me -
He had a happy
Family with a
Young wife,
And two children.
One night
A truck -
Struck them
While they were
Returning home
On their scooty.
That was the end
Of their story.
Or, was it?
No….their
Old parents
Are reliving
This sad story
Day in and
Day out of their
Dying life…
Thinking
Over and over
Again, asking
Each other:
Why me?
I sometimes
Wonder…
Does God
Have a heart,
Does He?
Change
We often adapt
To changing
Seasons…
But when
People
Change -
We look for
Reasons…
(Poem themed on Transition)
All the above poems are Copyright © Aparna Chatterjee 2012
Baby Image Source: Child Development Guide dot com
Photo of Tree taken by Aparna Chatterjee
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