Nikhil Parekh Poems

The doll composed of fantastically embellished plastic; insensitively smiled all day and night; even when the planet outside was being brutally lambasted and indiscriminately pulverized,
But true happiness was the one that radiated from the pristine lips of my
newborn daughter; which was as Omnipotent as the first rays of the unassailably golden Sun.
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Where do we get succulent fruit from; scores of raspberry attached to fresh green leaves,
The answer to this is simple; for it is none other than the tall and finely corrugated tree.

Where do we get flocculent wool from; clusters of fur curled up in bountiful heaps,
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9 months of painstaking labor,
9 months of confinement in Luke warm recesses of womb,
9 months of parasitic nourishment from mother food,
9 months of luxury cushioning in chambers of slime,
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It doesn't matter at all if you didn't clamber up the corporate ladder to success; prepared appetizing food in the domestic kitchen instead,
It doesn't matter at all if you didn't earn exorbitant heaps of money; waited with a glimmer of hope in your eyes for your husband to arrive back from office instead,

It doesn't matter at all if you didn't pioneer spurious conferences; relaxed in the blissful shades of the lawns; catering to each plant with astronomical love and empathy instead,
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I wanted to have breakfast on the Himalayas; profoundly admiring and captivated by the brilliant morning light,

I wanted to perform yogic exercise; sit with my legs crossed in blissful meditation on the 100th floor of the colossal building,
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We welcome you with tears of unprecedented empathy in our eyes; wishing you tumultuous luck and success in your future life to unveil,

We welcome you with ardor in our rubicund tongues; blessing you with sacrosanct hymns that diffused from our mouths,
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Never snatch the Omnipotent Sun; from the fathomless expanse of mesmerizing
blue sky,

Never snatch the poignantly ravishing salt; from the belly of the tantalizingly undulating ocean,
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A million kisses on her mischievously magical palms; as she intriguingly darted to explore every bit of the ecstatically astounding atmosphere,

A million kisses on her flirtatiously dancing lids; as she inadvertently fluttered those diminutively silken folds; at the slightest insinuation of vibrant light,
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Just spawning an offspring out of your wife's body; doesn't make you a father,
Fatherhood is all about the poignant empathy lingering in your eyes; the astronomical pride deep in your chest; for your child.

Just conquering all the wealth in the world; incessantly chasing your aspirations beyond the realms of prudent control; doesn't make you a father,
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No astronomically colossal wave in the ocean should ever forget; that it was once upon a time a minuscule stream of frigid water,

No pompously extruding tree in the forests should ever forget; that I was once upon a time an inconspicuously trembling seed,
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