If you starved me to unprecedented limits; then I
would inadvertently attempt to pilfer morsels of food
from my neighbor’s plate,
If you kept scorched me beyond the point of no
control; then I would poke out my tongue unknowingly
in the mayor’s tap; which was leaking water,
If you created me as black as charcoal; with
disdainful boils of infection creeping on every inch
of my skin; then I would stretch my palms ominously;
in an attempt to snatch fair flesh from the princess,
If you made me squint eyed; then I would stare
unrelentingly at all plebeians passing; with fantasies
revolving rampantly in my mind to grab their eyes,
If you threw me on the street naked in the freezing
cold; then I would run helter-skelter in desperation
to steal every business tycoon’s clothes,
If you crippled me in an accident; rendering me to
spend the remainder of my life on a dilapidated
wheelchair; then I would greedily slaver in my tongue;
the instants I saw robust complexioned legs marching
towards victory,
If you caused me to stammer; stuttering at virtually
every word that diffused from my mouth; then I would
be engulfed by hideous thoughts of switching my tongue
with a professional singer; all day,
If you made me stone deaf; with the most tumultuous of
volcano’s failing to make any impact on my sleep; then
I would try and hamper every single individual from
opening his mouth,
If you made me mentally retarded; with my brain not
even being able to distinguish between a dog and a
man; then I would pelt stones at every car I
encountered; smashing the windshield glass into
infinite pieces,
If you forced me to sleep on a bed of hostile thorns;
then I would stealthily enter the King’s palace; to
take away his golden pillow,
If you made me walk barefoot on a road strewn with
abhorrent filth and dirt; then I would steal every
shoe loitering aimlessly outside the temple; to
protect my bleeding toes,
If you inundated my nose with a fetid stench of blood
the entire day; then I would ruthlessly chop every
rose from the soil; to appease my senses with its
enamoring scent,
If you deprived me of education; leaving me to bear
the taunts of the acrimonious society; then I would
resort to illegitimate means of earning money; simply
to show the world that they were wrong; silencing
their mouths forever,
If you orphaned me in my childhood; never giving me
the comfort of nestling in my mothers arms; then I
would become a prey to bad habits; with nobody to
prudently guide me and illuminate the path of my life,
If you didn’t give me space to dig the grave of my
cherished ones; then I would extricate the coffin of
the pretentious priest; to bury my uncle instead,
If you didn’t let me consolidate a single of my
dreams; then I would philander without any purpose;
simply being a nuisance to the society,
If you didn’t give me a right to live; blissfully
exist on this earth lost in the world of my passionate
fantasy; then I would fight valiantly for my
existence; to enjoy the source of my moist breath
trickle down my nostrils,
If you uncouthly snatched away my beloved from my
life; leaving me deserted with lifeless tears of blood
dribbling down my cheek; then I would go mentally
insane; perhaps assassinate everyone whom I came in
proximity; before meeting my own end,
Therefore O! lord; this is my humble plea to you; for
today and for several more years of my life to unveil;
bless me with whatever I want so that I can lead life
helping other humans; or let me instead pray to you
to, ‘KEEP ME SATISFIED’
(c) (r) copyright-2004, by nikhil parekh. all rights reserved.
