Life = Death - Volume 4 - Poems on Life , Death by Nikhil Parekh - HTML preview

23. ONLY THOSE – PART 2

Only those who are perpetually blind; having their lives camouflaged in gruesome darkness,

Can wholesomely realize the value of having pellucid eyes; the gift of

mesmerizing sight. 

Only those who are maimed; having their feet encapsulated in stirrups of solid steel,

Can perceive the beauty of strong legs; the ensemble of delectably tiny toes treading on fresh chunks of earth. 

Only those who are stone deaf; being oblivious to presence of the minutest of noise,

Can cognize the importance of drifting voices; the blissful frequency of melodious sound. 

Only those who are dumb; finding it virtually impossible to give substance to words,

Can conceive the crispness of conversation; the splendor of clear speech. 

Only those who are embodied with disdainful boils; tyrannizing disease rendering them as hapless lepers,

Can envisage the grandeur of immaculate skin; the resplendent complexion sparkling profoundly under the sun. 

Only those shivering in bizarre cold on the snow clad slopes; infinite strands of hair projecting in tandem on their skins,

Can comprehend the heat generated by crackling fires; the warmth imparted in the interiors of dwellings. 

Only those who are bald; without the most minuscule trace of follicles on their barren scalps,

Can appreciate thick curls of entwined hair; the way they sometimes cascaded down in languid harmony. 

Only those who are orphaned; being brutally kicked by the uncouth society at all quarters,

Can apprehend the compassion emanating from the mother’s lap; her unblemished palms putting the exhausted soul to immortal sleep.

Only those who are in intense affliction; being circumvented with inexplicable misery and pain,

Can grasp the meaning of existing in conjunction with nature; the invincibly appearing smile. 

And only those who are deprived of sharing; left unattended without the slightest essence of care,

Can overwhelmingly blend with the spirit of true love; understand in entirety what it takes to fulfill it; lead life perennially with the same.