Yes, man has to learn much more from the animals,
For, compassion falls from their hearts faster than the Victoria Falls,
They are more organized, more integrated and more loyal than man -
And vanity, hypocrisy, deception, jealousy and arms race have dwindled whose clan!
Yes, man has to follow the footsteps of the animals much more in many regards,
For, they never lie, or practise prejudices, or envy at fellow men' s success,
They never cut throats of the kith and kin pushing them into the holes of helplessness,
They, unlike man, against all odds, are their own shields and their own guards!
Yes, man has to respect the animals more than his immaterial materialism,
For, they neither run after beautiful bubbles, nor build in the space castles;
They never live in reveries, nor bribe to buy heroism, nationalist or secularism,
They never run to atone by dipping in the holy rivers, spoilt by their own unholy parcels!
Thus, unless man learns to practise the good, indispensable virtues of the animals,
He must dig the deepest ditches of his own Falls: this is what my Conscience calls!
Copyright: Shankar D Mishra 24.07.19
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