Hide and Seek - Part 8 - Rhyming & Non Rhyming Poems by Nikhil Parekh - HTML preview

31. IF MY CAR COULD RUN ON PURE WATER 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would wander thousands of kilometers in the day, 

Driving at roaring speeds through the broad highway streets; drowned in waves of tremendous euphoria. 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would stop contemplating the cost of expensive gasoline, 

Explore every nook and cranny of the gigantic globe; would prefer to drive; every time I was overpowered with the incorrigible urge to walk. 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would evacuate the monsoon rivers of their liquid, 

Storing it surreptitiously in my colossal tank; pilfer every droplet of the solvent dribbling from the mountain springs. 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would relinquish to travel by the most extravagant of aircraft, 

Thoroughly utilizing my incredulous contraption; to transport me wherever I wanted; without the slightest pinch to my pocket. 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would never feel uncouth pangs of thirst reverberate in my vocal chords, 

As I would devour frugal mouthfuls of the liquid stashed in my fuel jacket; at intermittent intervals while traversing through the streets. 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would make frequent visits to the gushing jungle stream, 

Swimming rambunctiously in the same; withdrawing as much water as I could while gleefully returning. 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would camouflage my automobile with coarse sheets of sprawling canvas, 

Would impregnate it with all the amenities indispensable for life; inhabit it unrelentingly all day and night; while rolling on the roads. 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would save astronomical sums of money, 

Investing the same in diversified arenas of life; gain in insight and loads of experience while transgressing through mesmerizing parts of the world. 

If my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would get reprieve from obnoxious stench of the elixir, 

Instead have the ravishing aroma of fresh water waft into my nostrils; encompassing my persona with waves of enchantment. 

And if my car could run on pure water instead of petrol; I would sleep like a diabolical demon all night; released from the onerous tensions of ruminating over price hikes, 

Travel all sunlit day in my luxurious caravan with my beloved in close proximity; now completely oblivious to the hour when I had last filled disdainful petrol.