To Those Who Love Me Poem by Roopa Menon
To Those Who Love Me
Brown, yucky and tasteless
Toxic monsters
All tightly bundled
Into a thin roll.
That's me!
Slim and handy
As I squeeze in between
Your fingers.
Burning my tail,
I turn into ashes and smoke
Surging my way
Through your mouth
To reach your lungs
Blocking arteries and veins on my way.
I hypnotize your cells
And they go dividing and dividing
Turning your lungs
Into a cancerous demon.
My dear children
Nicotine and tobacco-tar
Slowly eating you up,
Immersing you in their toxic bliss.
And you still enjoy me!
A tap on my back
Flicking off the ashes
As you smoke
I gleefully enter through the tiny hairs in
The tiny nostrils of
Your tiny little kids
B'cos blocking arteries
Is what I do
Whether its you or
People around you
What we share
Happens to be parasitism.
You burn me
And I burn your life.
I am burnt out now
Only the butt remains.
Throw me before I burn you.
And here you go
Lighting another me
I guess perhaps,
I am dearer
Than your family and your life.
But mind the spark in the butt
It's the spark of your life
Breathing and flickering now,
But...........................
As I come to you again
I carry an expiry date
Certainly not mine.
This should be required reading for every twelve year old who is thinking about starting to smoke. Well said, Roopa! Excellent images and a timely topic. Fine poem.
I loved this, Roopa... even if I am a smoker (hides face!) I agree with WJ, it really should be required reading! ! Peace, Lee
A very pointed write, equally Sharp as it is. The poet wields her proverbial pen against the menace of tobacco. Wonderfully accurate and penetratingly powerful. Loved it. Full score
'I am burnt out now Only the remains. Throw me before I burn you. And here you go Lighting another me'---An excellent poem about smoking.
A magnificent poem! I'm happy to see you here as a popular poet. Congrats! !
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 9:56:07 AM # 1.0.0.1119
a wise and compassionate poem telling a truth which must be told and here the images burning and fierce a fine poem