I hated swanky cars transporting me at whizzing speeds; embellished attendants spuriously smiling; inviting me to enter the same,
I hated glittering restaurants adorned with a festoon of lights; waiters making their clients laugh; just for the sake of being showered with exorbitant tips,
I hated the overwhelmingly scented businessman; whose ideals infact smelt more than the most rotten stack of sewage,
I hated the word thank you; when the person uttering it actually had intentions of killing you; profoundly lurking in his eyes,
I hated masticating my food infinite times before gulping; an armory of intricate knives and oval shaped spoons laid meticulously on the table,
I hated it when someone welcomed me with a myriad of garlands and golden coins; ordered a battalion of attendants to fan me; at every step I took,
I hated going up the hill in shimmering escalators; when infact the meandering pathways would drown me into a state of mystical enchantment,
I hated sitting in the air-conditioned room; with scores of commercial delegates blowing ostentatious wisps of smoke; obnoxiously into thin air,
I hated shaking hands without any sense; as a stream of visitors kept barging in
the colony all day,
I hated speaking baselessly and in deliberate slang; when infact the rustic language of my country was splendidly enough to express my feelings; put me in unprecedented ease at all times,
I hated nibbling tangy gum and acting snobbish; youngsters who blew their fathers money; without the slightest of contemplation and hesitancy,
I hated the conventional ways of marriage with people from distant countries thronging in; when infact the hearts of those tying the thread were poles apart,
I hated the toothbrush with an ensemble of curves and spongy rubber; when infact I had the medicinal branches of the blossoming Neem tree; to clean my teeth and
my cheeks,
I hated individuals who praised me; escalated me to the pinnacle of Everest with their flattery; when infact there was a river of prejudice flowing in their flesh everywhere; instead of crimson blood,
I hated the priests who propagated only their respective religions; when infact God was omnipresent; and resided in every heart and soul,
I hated all those parents who spoke to their children in English instead of their own indigenous languages; just because it was prevalent like wild fire all over the globe,
I hated artificial sweetener added to juice; when infact its original flavor was incredulously ravishing to sip and relish,
Well until now I presume; you must have already understood what sort of a person was I; and for those of you who have not; let me tell you; that I was a man who hated all kinds of bombastic pretensions; infact a man of no formality .
22. AFTER A TIRED DAY IN OFFICE
The Sun had never seemed so brilliant before; with its pungent rays streaming through the eerie darkness,
The winds had never seemed so exciting before; whizzing past my scalp in nervous exhilaration,
The leaves had never seemed so greener before; with the dew drops on their surface shimmering profoundly in the morning light,
The voice of the Nightingale had never seemed so melodious before; drifting me into waves of unparalleled rhapsody,
The river had never seemed so buoyant before; with the swirling waters; culminating into tons of froth as I whistled by,
The meadows of grass had never seemed so blossoming before; with the mystical camouflage drowning me into an ocean of enchantment,
The clouds in the cosmos had never seemed so robust before; with each patch of cotton wool resembling chunks of rejuvenating ice-cream,
The echo in the valley had never seemed so thunderous before; engendering a billion droplets of dry sweat to envelop my body,
The trio of rabbits leaping through the pastures had never seemed so boisterous before; innocently bouncing over the pathway of shriveled twigs,
The children dancing on the dance floor had never seemed so pepped up before; gyrating their bodies to the tunes of vivacious wild life,
The sizzling slices of bread had never seemed so ravishing before; rekindling even the most dormant taste bud down my throat,
The designs embossed on the walls of the caves had never seemed so realistic before; as if events which had happened centuries ago were unfurling bit by bit before my eyes,
The peacock under pelting rain had never seemed so majestic before; with the kingly plumage of its feathers captivating me in complete mind, body and soul,
The boats sailing on the sea had never seemed so magnificent before; with the stars shimmering resplendently in the sky engulfing them with silvery light,
The tears of the new born infant had never seemed so emphatic before; with their mesmerizing softness making my heart leap in exultation,
The ring on my finger had never seemed so glistening before; with the rays emanating from its demeanor adding a glitter to my morbid eyes,
The body of my beloved had never seemed so tantalizing before; with each area on her skin; enticing me to coalesce into an everlasting embrace,
The lap of my mother had never seemed so warm and compassionate before; luring me into invincible and heavenly sleep,
And the photo of my God had never seemed so radiant before; with his omnipotent aura firmly reinstating my lost faith in all mankind,
O! yes after a tired day in the office; slaving more than 12 hours under my pretentious boss's nose; the world outside seemed as if it was recreated again; and things which seemed like wholesomely dead in office hours; now struck me as if they were bouncing and alive; as if they had been just born.
23. AS THE LIGHTS CHANGED FROM RED TO GREEN
A thousand heads surged forward; whizzing at electric speeds past the assemblage of dense trees,
A thousand mouths heaved a sigh of relief; releasing tones of frustrated spit imprisoned inside,
A thousand fists punched free air; pounded the vibrant space around in unmatched exhilaration,
A thousand eyes glistened in happiness; oozing out tears of unsurpassable joy,
A thousand hearts throbbed thunderously; executing several beats at a time,
A thousand legs kicked gallons of loose mud; probed forward in unrelenting euphoria,
A thousand tongues swished in boisterous fervor; expressing tales of new found adventure,
A thousand lips opened in volatile fury; with exultating sounds of complete triumph reverberating loud and clear through the atmosphere,
A thousand watches ticked astoundingly fast; increasing their pace infinite times more than usual,
A thousand armpits diffused an ocean of sweat; with each droplet trickling down; merrily under the austere and blazing Sun,
A thousand fingers rose animatedly towards the heaven; thanking the Almighty lord in unanimous unison,
A thousand ears sprang up in stupendous arousal; regaining back their ability to trace the most minutest of sound; a thing which had relinquished for the last few minutes,
A thousand shirts suddenly started to flutter passionately; gaining momentum with each slap of vivacious breeze,
A thousand pair of hair stood up erect in alacrity on the scalp; with all the dreariness encompassing them; now disappearing into invisible wisps of oblivion,
A thousand bones commenced to dance in ecstatic jubilation; suddenly retrieving back their energy after long minutes of boring rest,
A thousand veins transported blood faster than the shark; augmenting its supply to the heart; thoroughly charged by the noise of unruly traffic and stridently
clanging horns,
A thousand bellows of smoke escalated ferociously towards the sky; as motion began once again with unprecedented ardor,
A thousand wheels gushed forward in uncontrollable anger and respite; as the accelerator was squeezed incorrigibly to its maximum limit,
And strangely b
ut profoundly true; the reason for all the above pandemonium was an almost inconspicuous movement of the traffic bulb; which had just changed from red to green.
24. THE WORST THING
The worst thing that could have happened to a fish; was that it fell innocently in the midst of the sweltering desert instead of slithering voluptuously in its tank,
The worst thing that could have happened to a cockroach; was that it found itself perched at the top of a kingly throne; instead of feasting its tentacles on the foul smell of the lavatory,
The worst thing that could have happened to a loaded gun; was that it found itself hurled right into the heart of the salty sea; instead of firing a pugnacious volley of bullets,
The worst thing that could have happened to a cow; was that it was placed in an ambience engulfed with rotten garbage; instead of wandering blissfully on the
pristine and green slopes,
The worst thing that could have happened to a tongue; was that it was dipped mercilessly into fuming water; instead of sipping delectable pints of herbal tea,
The worst thing that could have happened to a bee; was that it was compelled to swim in a pond replete with saliva; instead of boisterously evolving gallons of
sweet honey in its hive,
The worst thing that could have happened to a soldier; was that he was stationed to feed new born children; instead of fighting valiantly in the battlefield of war,
The worst thing that could have happened to a cloud; that it was brutally dissipated by invidious space crafts; instead of coalescing into a dense conglomerate; and showering tantalizing droplets of rain,
The worst thing that could have happened to an eyeball; was getting exposed to a field of acrimonious thorns; instead of imparting it with an incessant stream of revitalizing moisture,
The worst thing that could have happened to a golden ring; was that it was gruesomely dumped several feet beneath the earth; instead of scintillating magnificently under pearly rays of the majestic moon,
The worst thing that could have happened to a priest; was drifting inevitably towards salacious desires; instead of inexorably drowning the mind, body and soul; in the service of Almighty Lord,
The worst thing that could have happened to the feet; was to walk on blistering embers of fire; instead of stepping on a carpet of flocculent silk and Persian
wool,
The worst thing that could have happened to a slab of ice; was being kept on the fire sizzling full throttle; instead of basking away in the interiors of the glorious refrigerator,
The worst thing that could have happened to a building; was that it was constructed in the zone of the devastating earthquake; instead of standing tall and fortified on chunks of healthy soil,
The worst thing that could have happened to the gargantuan bubble of soap; was that it was pierced a few seconds after it rose; instead of swelling profoundly and proliferating many other of its kind in the atmosphere,
The worst thing that could have happened to a child; was to get orphaned as soon as he took birth; instead of frolicking merrily in the arms of his mother,
The worst thing that could have happened to seasoned sticks of firewood; was bearing the brunt of unrelenting rain and culminate into a rot; instead of igniting into crackling flames in the starry night,
The worst thing that could have happened to a car; was stuttering every minute while clambering up the hills; instead of whizzing through the mystical lanes of the valley at kingly speeds,
The worst thing that could have happened to a contemporary watch; was to stop ticking; instead of accurately depicting time every unfurling second of the day,
And the worst thing that could have happened to me was; sitting like a moron in the office; browsing through a labyrinth of bulky files and papers; instead of gallivanting on the hills with my beloved; and simultaneously penning down emphatically enchanting lines of poetry.
25. TILL THE TIME
Till the time there was brilliant light; there existed the spell of gruesome darkness,
Till the time there was perennial happiness; there existed the blanket of dolorous sadness,
Till the time there was voluptuous wine drowning you into enchantment;
there existed stark starvation,
Till the time there was the swirling and vivacious ocean; there existed the scorching deserts,
Till the time there was the ravishing slice of pudding; there existed the blunt and disdainful mountain of stones,
Till the time there was unprecedented security and comfort; there existed
nefarious theft,
Till the time there were impeccable slabs of marble which were spotlessly clean; there existed the horrendous stains of grease,
Till the time there was the king seated on the supremely embellished throne; there existed his battalion of docile slaves,
Till the time there was a wave of ultra modernization circulating in this world; there existed indigenous and rustic tribes,
Till the time there was succulent flesh and mesmerizing fraternities of skin; there existed the morbid corpse lying buried beneath the coffin,
Till the time there was alacrity and unrelenting work under the sunshine; there existed blissful and spell binding sleep,
Till the time there was obstreperous sound and thunderous noise; there existed virtue of pin drop silence,
Till the time there were tantalizing droplets of rain cascading on the earth; there existed the fury of uncouth drought,
Till the time there were tenacious and fortified slabs of colossal timber lined up towards the heavens; there existed a series of pertinent gaps and holes,
Till the time there were fields of scintillating white fur encapsulating the countryside; there existed the obnoxiously black flow of the gutter,
Till the time there were exotic dreams revolving vividly through each strata of the mind; the power to fantasize escalated to its highest; there existed complete insanity and madness,
Till the time there was pure love impregnated wildly in each iota of the body; there existed blasphemous betrayal,
Till the time there was delectable taste arising on the buds of the rosy tongue; there existed pools of colorless saliva strewn pathetically on the streets,
And till the time there was moist breath descending down the nostrils; life going on in harmony with the Creator; there existed inevitable pain and absolute death.
26. WHISTLE
It produced a melodious sound on emanating; flooding the gloomy ambience with profound tinges of rhapsody,
It awoke the squirrels fast asleep in the dense bushes; as they scampered helter-skelter to hunt for their prey,
It generated ripples amongst clusters of dead leaves; making them stand erect on their frigid tips,
It substantially pacified the uncontrollably sobbing child; fomenting a gregarious smile to spread on his innocuous face,
It engendered scores of youngsters sulking under the Sun; to dance and swirl ecstatically with the vivaciously drifting winds,
It penetrated like a sugar coated arrow through the stillness of the valley; circulating delectably through every dwelling,
It captivated the attention of every single passerby; causing them to blink their eyes in utter astonishment and disbelief,
It had an incredulous impact on the dolphins floating in the sea; causing them to somersault in animated exhilaration,
It was prolifically used amongst gangs of ominous thieves; as a subtle signal to furtively communicate,
It had a mesmerizing effect on the severely traumatized nerves of the mentally afflicted; allowing them slim moments of reprieve from their debilitating and crippling condition,
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