Think It Over..... Poem by PARTHA SARATHI PAUL

Love yourself as much as
you may love your kid.
Respect yourself as much as
you may respect your maker.
Are you not both a child and parent?

Have lots and lots of helium
at the core of your heart and
keep yourself burning like the father sun.
Give light and warmth to all who want.....
And those who will dare to dare you
must love their silver ash!

Your truth wears the loincloth of Lord Shiva.
Your lungs give out undaunted, rebellious rumble.
You have nothing to lose except the disposable cover!
You are wild but natural; you are informal but genuine.
You never wear the make-up of many plastic smiles.
You hate like hell all the plentiful lip-service and proxy glitz.
You are maverick and mascot; you are egoist but not egocentric.

You are not the fanciful messiah on silver screen.
You are not to follow the deceitful courtesy of light-metal world!
You are not to feed your stomach with all buzzing heresy.
You are not born a lamb that will mingle with the grazing flock!
You are not fearful to lose your dear life for a good cause.
You are a true hero who blows away all the withered leaves
gathered for ages under the massive tree; passive ever!