Listen, Hey Man!

Listen, Hey Man!

P K Routray

An allegoric incident

to reason out the human ailment,

here I beg to bring.

In a multistoried building

a supervisor located on  third floor

to communicate with a cleaning worker

cleaning the front of the building ground floor

threw  a dollar which fell in front of the worker

picked he up and pocketed it and continued on his job

the supervisor dropped further a ten dollar, him to snub,

without looking up, the man picked up the fallen dollar

dropped then the supervisor a pebble on him out of anger.

Narrowly escaping from being hurt, he looked up.

Seizing the opportunity the supervisor cleared the mix-up.

God blesses man with gifts out of love,

man enjoys them without thanking the Lord above.

Desires the Lord, man to look at Him for His communication

Wants He, to give instruction to avoid mix up in His creation.

The selfish man remains busy

enjoying the gifts with pleasure and glee

forgetting its source

making Him remorse.

Hence perhaps problem and plight

are thrown as pebbles to  set man right.

Then helplessly he looks up with folded hands,

gets he the communication and His commands.