It is High Time We...
JIRARA
© JIRARA, February 2021
Published by JIRARA on matrubharti.com
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Please Note: Here, 'we' does not mean all of us, but definitely a few of us.
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It Is High Time We...
We are used to living a routine life style,
Sleep, wake up, breakfast, go to work, lunches, dinners,
Do routine works at office,
Some times we abscond from offices,
Under one or the other reasons:
Gas, guests, children, or sudden tours,
We are not ashamed of forwarding false causes,
We are too religious, but do not hesitate,
To speak lies, more often than needed,
We don't give exact change to the customers when they shop with us,
We hide our extra incomes to avoid paying more taxes,
We shamelessly acquire wealth.
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We show off routinely that we are too pious,
Attending temple ceremonies,
But, we are not ashamed of hating other-faith practioners,
We are selectively sympathetic to the sufferers,
We follow lot of ritualistic practices,
But, our actions cause lot of agonies,
To a larger classes of many innocent people,
We are accustomed to living a double,
Standard of living styles, and can justify it,
We believe in papas and punyas,
But, we ourselves pass on judgements,
And ascertain that we are always doing,
Good deeds, and we would earn punyas.
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A luggage-carrying adult help-boy once,
Stole our watch and a mobile,
And had put a devotional song on the mobile as a ring tone!
For thanking his 'God' for helping him,
With a booty that day, wow what a faith,
Unfortunately, it didn't last long,
His owner slapped him hard to make him,
Agree that he had done the stealing,
We finally got back our watch and the mobile,
His 'God' didn't save him.
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Bovines, mainly buffalos and cows are freely grazing,
Not on grasses but on garbages,
That we the superior species have left on unauthorised places,
And the passersby extract punyas,
By touching the hinds of these cows,
While rushing to their jobs,
And don't care what these pious cows,
Are swallowing as their morning feeds,
Shame on the modern humanity.
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Some are habitually shameless,
And insensitive that they throw their,
Garbage bags full of their filths,
From their upper floors onto the vacant sites,
In their own neighborhoods,
And when the street dogs scavange,
These rich men's dirty 'treasures',
The life around goes miserable,
And the educated throwers justify,
That the poor street dogs do lot of,
Watchmen's job during the entire night,
So, they at least get something in the return!
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It is high time that we get,
Our priorities straight and,
Our judgements onto the right direction,
Our wisdoms properly exercised,
Our minds learn several common,
And sensible 'senses' and decisions,
And our actions speak of our,
Respects to our fellow brethren.
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It is real high time that we get,
Our aims and goals re-evaluated,
That we practice right philosophical lessons,
We follow simple principles of,
Live and let live,
We shun the false cover of our,
Show-up spirituality.
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It is higher time that we,
Stop building huge monuments and structures,
To appease one faith-believers,
Utterly neglecting the other faiths,
They are also the citizens of the same very country,
And start constructing multispeciality hosptals,
Revamping the health care systems,
Enhancing the researches on drugs and diseases,
Wherefor providing a sure sense of
Good health and happiness,
To millions of our mothers, and fathers,
To our sisters and brothers,
And our children, and dear grandchildren.
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It is really a high and demanding time,
That we take tremendous care of,
Our flora and fauna, and sanctity,
Of our forests, and our animal-cousins,
And preserve the ecological balance,
And realise that:
If we cherish the nature,
The nature shall cherish us,
And if we choke the nature,
The nature will choke us.
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In our area of Talakaveri Layout,
In several inner roads, crosses, and streets,
The trenches were full of silt, solid muds,
And garbages over last several years,
And when the heavy rains occurred,
The rain waters with dirts and filth could not flow,
Into these blocked trenches but flew,
Into the sumps of drinking water,
And ground floors, and this became,
A daily affair, what a havoc this created!
The situation took two years to set right!
What a beautiful lesson from the nature
And awesome un-beautiful work,
Of the local corporation and residents!
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There are thousands of simple lessons,
We are routinely taught by the nature,
Yet we are too lethargic to learn,
What kind of educated people are we?
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It is formidably high time that,
We the humans do 'soul' searching,
Contemplate and do self-analysis,
And learn to respect the nature,
That is our own mother and,
The cost-less and priceless Alma Mater,
And its other creations for our own redemption.
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