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Peacock
The iridescent coloration of its elaborate plumage
Its train strutting across the wild
The crest of crown at the top of its head
With royalty, elegance accomplishes the sight
Amalgamation of integrity and beauty
The majestic being meanders in the field
Filling the view with radiance
Such magnificence exquisitely it yields
Taken aback by its flawless appeal
Mesmerized by the alluring creature
Elegance and rectitude personified it is
The sight is heavenly leisure
Compels me to ponder vehemently
Can man be magnificent alike?
Can he possess such might?
Caught up in the societal sham
Where hypocrisy and farce rule
He feigns every emotion
With pretence and falsity sewn
The perfection of peacock he can endeavour
Only leaving the deceptive world behind
To show his "true colours"
Achieving dignity with beauty entwined!
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Teardrops
(An acrostic)
Transparency unveiled
Emotions are unconcealed
As catharsis to the withered being
Reasons - profound and varied
Death, Disease, Disaster
Reflecting latent disgust and grief
Oizys lends misery and anxiety
Pervading in every nook and corner
Self-pity is not a luxury!
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Petrichor
The most fragrant scent of Nature
Like the aroma of my mother's Ittar
Icing on the cake during monsoon, indeed!
Compelling me to step out of the house to drench myself in tranquility
A manifestation of the amalgamation of bounties of our planet
When earthworms rise from their slumber and adorn the topsoil with fertility
When water drops shine like jewels on laminas of varied hues, shapes and sizes
Indra Deva's grantings somehow manage to bring out the latent Wordsworth in me everytime!
For this olfactory delight is indeed the loveliest!
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Doctor
Curing ailing bodies
Saving lives
Noble is his persona
He sees our faeces, our sputum but is never frowned
Going to the innermost depths of our minds and bodies to locate disorders and cure them with his benevolent treatment
Putting in days and nights of efforts for us to be hale and hearty
He is the reason people are reborn, recharged to face life's challenges
He sees us in our lows; turning them into highs
Killing cancer, killing depression- he is a stern enemy of all the pathogens and diseases
The stethoscope, the sphygmomanometer, the prescription, the pills - are not the sole epithets that I associate a doctor with
For he has the might to reverse Fate
He remains next to the Almighty for me!
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Misery
The shimmering red lights on the periphery of modernized, civilized world
Practising the oldest occupation in human history
Pulling in damsels and children into a brutal dark abyss
Where sanctity is bartered in the lustful nights of notorious lanes
Where the poverty-stricken young girls become a source of shallow pleasure for the lecherous gaze of numerous dignified men
Where flesh and frame are consumed as food
The soul-shattering state with no final solutions
Born into misery, destined to die in misery too!
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