1) A funny resemblance betwixt us I find
Her naughty face and antics made me laugh
Her mates followed her as if to stop
Her from me, sensing my human mind ;
"You, selfish man", they seemed to say
With brutal frankness, soon they leapt away.
2) A brutal manly figure doth appear
Unkempt, hairy with savage gaze
Beating his chest with hearty craze
No lofty desires polluted his conscience clear
Moving freely in Nature wild, content
With whatever he got without complaint.
3) Though sucking blood from wounded beast
Though felling trees for his shelter small
With simple needs he lived with all ;
No cruel greed did mar his feast
A savage beast -- we cultured call
To inhuman levels did he never fall.
4) His language not yet formed so sweet
His routine seems too crude, not so refined;
His thoughts too simple with a taintless mind
His garments coarse, not so civilized and neat
His actions too childish and not so mature
His ambitions too low, but not impure.
5) Destructive fury did not compel his needs
He communed with Nature with friendly sense
He touched each herb with respect immense
Deified all creatures without any greed.
His rough tongue exulted in simple strains
Adoring Nature, inflicting no pain.
6) The stranger found me lost in musings wild
My ancestral roots did I search in vain;
My softened looks welcomed her without disdain ;
She came near me unafraid like a child
Like a fallen angel I felt within
Before her far away from any sin.
7) A cunning intellect corrupted man
A devouring demon-like strength did he aspire
Self-declared Lord of the universe entire
Plundering and robbing Nature far worse than
A devil ; so much violence that one can't tell ;
He drilled his grave into bottomless hell.
8) Her innocent looks cut through my heart
Questioning human's insatiable might
That ruined precious life-- a sordid sight !
Misusing God-given powers for naught
Filling this whole world with pollution
Defiling land, air, space and ocean.
9) I glanced at her hiding in a nook
I beckoned her standing steady and calm
A dehumanized beast in human form --
She watched me with a suspicious look ;
A suffering soul in beastly form in her I find
She found in me a human beast with selfish mind.
10) She neared the casement with a cautious look
As I responded with a gentle smile ;
A friendly creature untouched by human guile ;
Her hairy hands she vigorously shook
And from the casement took a rapid leap agile
Through swinging branches vanished shaking her tail.
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30th June, 2015 Somaseshu Gutala
Note: In spite of his rough and simple ways, the primitive man who had not
much intellectual development and comforts lags far behind when
compared with modern man who uses all his abilities just for his
selfish benefits destroying many valuable plant and animal life ,posing
a potential threat to all creatures on this earth, including himself.
So the creature in this poem mistrusts man though he feels guilty of
his cruel acts, and tries to show compassion towards her. He reflects
on his ancestral roots which takes him back to savage level and brutal
stage too. He realizes his degradation from human to animal level in
spite of his development in so many fields.
" We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize
the rights of others."
(Will Rogers)
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