All Good

All Good

P K Routray

Be good, act good,

Think good, see good

talk good, listen good,

beauty is good, virtue is good

to love is good, to serve is good

all these, the man is taught since childhood.

Bad finds no place,

ugliness, man always seeks to replace.

To shun filth and vice is the lesson

in the heart of hearts lies this vision.

But we observe not to our surprise

blessing lies in many dirt and filths in guise.

From the mud and the mire

Born are lily and lotus, with delight we stare.

A beautiful rose has hurting thorns

on its steam and leaf, which the poet mourns.

The deed of a small girl, I remember

at her home garden she saw a beautiful flower

adorning a pot over its luxuriant plant, which captivated her.

But at its root on the pot there was filth and dirt

filth with such beauty, at its sight she got hurt.

Uprooted she the tree and cleaned its root

described her deeds to her father asking him to moot.

Little did she know the flower needs manure

to be vibrant and beautiful  adding to its grandeur.

God’s creation is wonderful, mysterious and beyond perception of man

What appears as filth and dirt to him may be nectar to his clan.

Imagine the world with everything good, nothing bad

dull drab will be the earth, man will be deranged and mad.