Who Invented Time?

Time, you are a mere illusion,

You only exist in our mind,

A fourth dimensional abstract entity,

An enigma of some kind !

We humans have invented you,

And brought you to our scene;

But like the moth you feed on our calendars,

To fatten up from within !

Necessity, the mother of inventions,

Created the calendar and the clock;

Which cater to our needs -

Does it come to you as a shock ?!

With these inventions we measure -

Our rotations around the burning sun,

While in your self - delusion,

You think of having all the fun !

Our ageing is a biological process, all starts from within;

Right from our conception, all programmed in our very genes !

Our monuments wither, and our landscapes waste,

All due to environment and weather, and not at your behest !

Our lust for power, our hunger and greed,

Have destroyed civilizations, wiping it out complete !

But we do not succumb to you, nor accept defeat !

We humans die, when our organs fail,

And not because of you, as any doctor would tell !

Time, you exist all due to our humanity,

It is only because we accommodate you -

In a cordial spirit of relativity !

And yet you try to brow beat us,

O, what audacity !

Time, if you want importance, and wish to co-exist,

At all times you must remain subservient, and cater to our needs !

Though in reality you are only an imposter -

Of the fourth dimensional kind !

Time, you only remain, as a figment of my mind!

Raj Nandy

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A Specimen of The Human Race

I am a specimen of the human race

The one supposed to be

At the tip of the animal pyramid

To such a thought

Many humans are by reservation caught

Since frequently

Humans tend to settle a difference

With some sort of violence

Humans carry arms and gun

Sometimes they kill other animals

Just for fun

When there's a big dispute

The humans draw their gun

And their enemy they shoot

When the dispute escalates

To a level higher

The humans may start a preemptive war

At times the war turns into a World war

When millions of humans are slaughtered

Of other animals, nobody keeps track

By the cruelty and brutality of the human kind

Other animals are generally surprised

At times I'm not proud of belonging to the human race

Instead I'd rather have a pussy cat's face

A cat has only one goal on this earth

Giving and receiving warmth

Their giving and receiving love never ends

This rule a cat never bends

A cat lives to be cradled, cuddled and stroked

A cat is heavenly to behold

A cat doesn't know how to use a gun

She only knows how to purr for fun

A pussy cat brings peace and harmony

In this world torn with war and tyranny.

One thing I know for sure

I don't wish to witness any world war

When millions of humans are killed

When with despair the world is filled

A war is human's grotesque creation

Which is beyond any other animal's

Wildest imagination.

Dr Manasi Dutt

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Indulgence, For Free

Indulgence of all sorts

at your call,

Not much of a strain here,

your choice, in all.

Choose this and choose that

your fancy running free

The world hardly matters,

in your indulgent spree.

Manipulate, cajole or outright reject

whatever the need be

Indulgence of all sorts,

for you, for free.

Ragini Puri