Shock!!!
Lush green, beautiful and serene
Is the island in the middle of the sea
It is a marvel of nature built by god
Just waiting to be enjoyed only by me
Lush green, beautiful and serene
Is the island in the middle of the sea
It belongs to me and no one knows
And its my duty to protect it you see
Oh, I just wished it too loudly,
Somebody above must’ve heard it now
But I want to be there so badly
Maybe my lottery ticket gets me there somehow
I was on the balcony of my hotel room
When I heard someone’s wish tonight
What good is my island if no one enjoys it?
I must help this guy come out of his plight!
I wake up next day to a fresh morning,
The lottery result was out too
I again screamed loud enough
“Hey island, I am coming to you”
What better present can I give to this guy
Than giving him what he wants most
As an additional prize on my birthday
I gift him a month to enjoy on the coast
The sand and the sea and the open sky
The flock of birds flying across the setting sun
Nothing to worry about and nothing to care
Throwing my beer can I say, “I AM THE ONE!!!”
The sand and the sea and the open sky
The flock of birds flying across the rising sun
This fellow throws garbage and spoils my land
What makes him think he is THE RIGHTFUL ONE???
Life on this island has been like royal
And no doubt it has been my best week
I speak aloud all and all I want is there
But cleaning up my mess is not what I seek
He just speaks aloud whatever he wishes
And gets what he wants, that I make sure
But what nature built in years, he spoilt in a week
If he doesn’t improve he’ll pay, that’s for sure
It was damn cold today man
Nature seems to be playing games
But I can fight with nature’s unfairness
I shall set some trees to flames
Today I was outraged by his insanity
A bonfire of my trees was made by him
The way he is slowly destroying my island
Slow death is what I declare for him
Oh, I don’t know what kept me asleep
I wake up for the first time watching sunset
No!!! Where are my toes???
A letter says, “That what the crows today ate…”
So, I had drugged his food yesterday
I feel like the protector of this island
A few less grams of his unwanted feet
would now would touch my land
Come out you swine, face me if you can
This is not the way, you deal you coward!!!
I still have my hands you bugger
I’ll show you what I am till you come forward….
Hey, this guy is yelling out now
Why scream your heart our loud, son?
Cant you imagine how the trees would’ve
shouted when you burnt them for fun?
Again I am feeling groggy while waking up
Oh damn, damn, damn… Jeez!!!
Two fingers from each of my hand are missing
Someone please save me, Please!!!
This guy is so foolish, just shouts
And then eats what I give him
Poor fellow, for his stupidity this time
I plan to serve him his own fingers fried
I try to run out of the house,
Shit… someone has locked all doors
I just see a menu card lying on the table
“Fingers Fried” is the only item it shows…
Time has come for me to cast my final blow
He cannot run now and he cannot leave
I have closed all the doors of the house
The plan for his death is for me to weave
I grab the glass on the table for water
I turn the knob and the glass is filled
Without looking I take a sip and … eeks!!!
Someone’s blood has been served to me chilled
I know the psychological effect of fear
For people call me a psychopath
But why don’t these people realise one thing
It is you who’ve chosen to face my wrath
I run to the loo to wash my face
“You drank your own blood sunny”
I glance at the mirror and see my face
“You can free yourself, aint it funny???”
I never wanted to kill this guy myself
Killing himself was what fate had inked
that’s what would help mankind
else nature would make man extinct
I felt someone was laughing at me,
As I was looking at the rope circling
the image of my face in the mirror,
I could only free myself by hanging
I couldn’t help laughing when I
imagine what his state would have been
He had just seen sipped his own blood
How he takes his own blood remains to be seen
How I hung myself and I how long I hung
I simply don’t know, and I don’t care
Was this the way I should’ve been made to realise
Do anything, but with nature, I shouldn’t dare…
This was probably not the right thing to do
But atleast for once I felt almighty
Animals like man spoil their own land
I hope from now on, man really does his duty
I wrote this poem for a few reasons:
- Poems on this topic are rare.
- All poem styles are same, a single flow… I felt it needed some new approach. Hence this simultaneous parallel style.
- Even crimes can be made to sound beautiful. People usually don’t try it because of the inherent bias in thinking.
I am not in favour of any such harsh behaviour as in this poem. So don’t hang me for that!!! :-)
~Som (written in the first week of december 2004, but reactions to this were so harsh that it made me discontinue expressing my imaginations in poetry)
