Relax.. Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

No one has taught us how to relax,
Since the time immemorial that persists,
In our minds and our bodies to abide,
The rules of common man always dictate,

During bathing, talking to the Almighty,
While we eat, we may think of the fat,
And the deposit, when we go to the beach,
We are afraid of the water and the waves,

Fake smiles on our perfected face,
Thinking of nurturing the flowers,
When the ruin is decided in its genes,
The moment it has started to bloom.

Easy chair is on the verandah, facing the east,
Morning is too hot and the evening sun is out of sight,
Garden full of blooms, never appreciated even for once,
The squirrel changes its path to the fence, afraid of the canine friends.

The sparrows are hungry and looking for pet’s food,
Sit on the telecom wire for hours, screeching to themselves,
The eagles and the crows go for rounds up in the sky,
While the snails hide their yellow eggs beneath the concrete vase,

The playgrounds are crowded with kids and mothers,
Both have the faces of merriment while they walk,
The children run to the sliders to slide,
The cautious mothers are always at the base,

The happy moments are hidden in many tiny places,
To reach those places may make us to be relaxed,
After the expensive vacation, people are tired,
As what they have expected, may have been misplaced,

are the people relaxing in the shopping complex,
breathing the polluted air, are they relaxing in the theaters?
punching a small hole in the credit card, dine in the restaurants,
just tell me how to relax in the modern world?