If You Cut a Tree; You Cut Your Own Mother – Poems on Environment , Wildlife , Mother Nature , Global Warming by Nikhil Parekh - HTML preview

40. TURN VEGETARIAN- PART 2 

Even if a droplet of it fell in my food; I puke out

what I had consumed in my stomach; during the tenure

of the marathon month,

Even if a droplet of it blended with the dusty road; I

wildly swerved my sedan; crashing face on against the

lanky tree; with my heart palpitating faster than

white lightening,

Even if a droplet of it got smeared inadvertently with

my pillow; I relentlessly tossed and turned all night;

fostering agonizing memories about the plight of my

fellow compatriots in suffering,

Even if a droplet of it dribbled down from my mirror;

I started to witness the entire world as disastrously

shattered; and all perceptions of mesmerizing beauty

just disappeared from my mind,

Even if a droplet of it came tumbling from the

astronomically fathomless sky; I swooned in sheer

disbelief towards the ground; terrified that the

Creator might have now decided to end this magnificent earth,

Even if a droplet of it plummeted into the gigantic

glass of water; I started to have insane

hallucinations about the sacrosanct spirit of life; to

be in grave danger,

Even if a droplet of it oozed from my beloved's face;

I had a horrendously ringing sensation in my bones;

and I found tears of profound empathy slither down my eyes,

Even if a droplet of it loitered on the periphery of

my shoe; my feet started to tremble inexplicably; and

the saliva in my throat froze brusquely midway; as I

felt helpless for mankind in hysterical grief,

Even if a droplet of it lingered close to my breath; I

felt that the gates of doomsday had suddenly unveiled

themselves full throttle upon the Universe,

Even if a droplet of it stuck to the luminous dial of

my watch; I commenced to conceive that time had

bizarrely condensed in its roots; and a treacherously

sinister glow hideously enveloped the whole planet,

Even if a droplet of it appeared on the television

screen; I felt myself perpetuated with an insatiable

nostalgia for my countrymen; sacrificing their lives

in true patriotism; to ensure that I existed in perpetual peace,

Even if a droplet of it coalesced with the

majestically shimmering stream; I felt as if the

entire assemblage of water was shivering in

unprecedented pain,

Even if a droplet of it fell on the immaculately plain

sheet of writing paper; I felt that it was impossibly

irrevocable to remove the stains with even the most

incredulously powerful eraser in this world,

Even if a droplet of it sprinkled itself on tree

leaves; I ruminated that wild life was pathetically

deteriorating; and infinite parasites crawled on the

prowl to pacify their lecherous gluttony,

Even if a droplet of it adhered to my eyeball; the

world outside seemed gruesomely obfuscated; and every

path on which I transgressed seemed to be leading to

the corridors of satanic hell,

Even if a droplet of it spurted out from the

impregnably formidable walls; I felt uncannily closer

to ghastly death and decay; and the pulse of my

exuberant existence remarkably slackened its pace,

Even if a droplet of it sprang up on my palms; I

pondered upon the dire consequences that would

savagely constrict the tenacity of my destiny; the

gloomy perils that await me as I alighted my next step,

Even if a droplet of it leaked from my luscious lips;

I relinquished all sagaciously perceivable activity;

poignantly disturbed at the most vital fluid bestowed

upon by the Almighty Lord; flowing out mercilessly,

And it was simply beyond my most incomprehensible

limit of imagination; that if such a minuscule droplet

of blood fomented my sensitivity to abdicate almost

all traces of life,

Then how could people round the globe; eat; drink; and

relish it; stupendously basking in its glory over a

glass of oligarchic port wine; ruthlessly slaughtering

impeccable animals for mere satisfaction of their

nocturnal supper ?

Therefore it is my humble plea to all of you on behalf

of the Omnipotent Creator; to try your best and TURN

VEGETARIAN.