Tamed Horse Poem by Sachidananda Panda

I do loiter on the brinks
Of some unseen pleasant theme
A soulful horizon of assumed fraternity
For some obvious reasons
like you and they, as all in the fray
I, too, seek a blanket of security
To be forgiven or be ruled out of a divine whip
The fair or foul plays around, all morbid things
On this planet of habitual chores

I must feel safe, Am human! Beyond doubt
I don't advocate the same for other species though
As they live a life of their own, and certainly!
With the blissful ignorance of their mortality
No ‘Yamraj' to boil them in the cauldron
No whip of time, no Test of serenity
No curse, no duty, no vice, but raw instincts
That plays the ultimate and absolute
To dictate the essence of their life

I am afraid of all those from infancy
As fed and inculcated, planned and designed
Perhaps for reasons obvious
I should mend my ways different
From those of the other species
Not to become an animal
But certainly an animal with conscience
And am human on discovery
The projected fears have probably added to it
A sense of good, great, and noble things
Sans all that raw instincts
Am a tamed horse stuck to the saddle
And bridled to a sense of Eternity

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