1. ONE OF MY FELLOW KIND
I wanted one foot on the summit of freezing Everest; and the other foot on rock
hard slabs of civilized ground,
I wanted one foot in insurmountably blazing infernos of forest fire; and the other
foot on an pristine island of divinely white ice,
I wanted one foot on a mesmerizing blanket of verdant grass; and the other foot on a
savage battlefield of belligerently acrid thorns,
I wanted one foot on a paradise of bountifully rhapsodic joy; and the other foot on
anecdotes of placidly solitary gloom,
I wanted one foot on a stupendously boisterous hive of poignantly swarming bees;
and the other foot on the graveyard which harbored nothing but clouds of celestial
peace,
I wanted one foot on a Godly festoon of salubriously rubicund fruits; and the other
foot on miniscule pints of inexplicable illness,
I wanted one foot on a supremely benevolent platform of uninhibited humanity; and
the other foot on remotely rare spurts of flirtatious mischief,
I wanted one foot on an irrefutable idol of sacred truth; and the other foot on a
shallow ocean of blatantly glaring lies,
I wanted one foot on a profusely redolent carpet of voluptuous rose; and the other
foot on the flimsily open lid of the fetid dustbin,
I wanted one foot on a boundless township of immortal romance; and the other foot
on the wildly philandering horse which traversed past the neighboring girl's doorstep,
I wanted one foot on a field of opulently glistening fabric; and the other foot on
diminutive rags of tottered jute,
I wanted one foot on lanes inundated with melodiously sweet sugarcane; and the
other foot on a pinch of piquantly passionate ocean salt,
I wanted one foot on an electric paced galloping air-plane; and the other foot on the
potbellied tortoise which thought infinite times before taking even a single step,
I wanted one foot on a tantalizingly relentless chain of seductive fantasy; and the
other foot on profoundly pragmatic thought which brought me back into the
2. mainstream of day-to-day life,
I wanted one foot on the mystical valley reverberating thunderously with heavenly
sound; and the other foot on the unimaginative road strewn with bits of
paper and regular traffic,
I wanted one foot on the unsurpassably towering giant's scalp; and the other foot on
the mousetrap delectably sandwiched in the cloistered interiors of the dilapidated
household,
I wanted one foot on the pungently sharp scintillating sword; and the other foot on
the tremendously blunt coconut which kept sinking deeper as I tossed it about,
I wanted one foot on a majestic desert basking in the glory of princely sunlight; and
the other foot on evanescent shades of the diabolically treacherous night,
I have wished a life like this O! Almighty lord; right since the time I emitted my first
cry; and would feel the most privileged if you bestowed a life such as this; to perhaps
if not me; then atleast one of my fellow kind.
