Birds have been singing, century after century, nay millennia
to boot
Tirelessly cheeping, come night, some hoot
Extoling life, lauding mom Nature’s abundance
Unperceived, unheard… without heed… incognizance
By beings emotionally dead, with hearts, sure
Bereft of hearing, ears erect sans essence mature
Nature’s song passed them by, way over their heads
With thunderous silence, in their slumber and dread
Deafness begetting bliss, in the valley of the dead
Cold, impassive, to beauty staying alien
Lifeless, numb to the poise of their ambience
Akin to dense clouds, hoarding rains
Withholding them from earthly plains
Moms amassing milk, dismissing infant cries
Robbing progeny of a just life
Fulfilment, purpose… in place of strife
Dogs too have barked in fear or horror
Whining in joy growling in furor
Howling their yearning, wagging selfless love
Not for beings deafened, ears as vestigial lobes
Befitting noises, solely issuing from self
Emitted via egos overly bloated
Sounds by beasts so well crafted
Century after century, nay millennia and counting
Passing us by, insensible to their joys, rigid to their
mourning
Oblivious to their yearnings, high on self, jostling and
boasting
Then abruptly, unexpectedly, norms transmute
Banalities to vitality, inanities on reboot
Filling souls to overflow, glad tidings now afoot
Swiftly, love strikes, cuddling the chosen
As would beauty, for the honored, now solemn
Soon after, love follows, then strikes
Embracing the favored, infusing them life
Now honored, now exalted with smiles galore
Swimming in rivers of destiny, stretched on celestial shores
Floating in airs, abundant love abreast
Hugged by warmth, showered with grace
Refreshed realities now wholly in place
The once remote ‘n secluded, now initiated
Surely, surreptitiously, greens of flora well celebrated
Colors now richer, roses richly redder
Radiating greater joy with sparkle once neglected, or fettered
Via no more than a glance inwardly emitted
Radiating from heaven, with love secreted
No bluer than it's ever been,
Centuries, nay, millennia and umpteen
Avian opuses, canine sonatas now ever so loud
Sensed with vigor, passion, perched on a cloud
Purest concordance, unadulterated symphonies
In all their splendor, exuding splendid harmonies
Egos diminished, launched to distant vacuities
Sentiments magnificently tuned to myriad beauties
Esteem returns, full awareness now on duty
Hearts now mellow, beating smoothly
Beckoning it all in, in wait for revealed truth quickly
Humility reigns, reality anchored, full lives lived simply
Universes joyfully converting to synchrony with life
Whose wide-open doors beckoning tidings all rife
Shooing ravages of malice, melting stubborn clouds
Discharging rains of joy, vanities now disavowed
Back comes the smile, bereft of feigning
Stuffed with humility replete with calming
If only wisdom prevailed, to revere modesty
Avoiding fatal slips destructive of tranquility
Whose enemy resides deep within
Nourishing trees of insolence
Watering shrubs of arrogance
Harvesting agony unwittingly
Hopelessly wrapped in misery
Ignorant of self, chasing shadows illusory
Returning to giggles, feigned and imaginary
Wretched fellas, awaken ye to savor
Nature’s providence, her infinite favors
Relish life’s glories, aromas as yet unscented
In lieu of longing, for paradises merely invented
©Alwi Shatry, 19th March 2017, All Rights Reserved
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