Forward looking Poems by Dr. Jernail Singh Anand

Civil War 

Jernail S Aanand 

Justice is not instant but insistent 

Can not be delayed forever 

Nor forever denied.

Gods do not react fast 

They ingest our actions 

Take to the chemical lab

Forensic tests are done 

DNA is tested 

And they are placed 

In the arch of actions 

Justified or not? 

Is the question eternally debated

Our body at times acts like a god 

Instantly does not reject anything

The mouth is open, 

Throw anything in 

As you throw into the earth.

But unlike earth, it's reaction is instant 

It rejects food

And sends you to the doctor's. 

Body accepts your will

But rejects your overtures and excesses.

Human mind too is a kitchen 

Where conspiracies are cooked 

No Entry to Discretion.

Worst things get instant entry 

No security search 

Red carpet welcome 

When they set up a bivouac inside 

They wage a civil war

Mind infecting the  body 

And body accusing  the mind.

BACK LUST 

Jernail S Aanand 

Man who was at the mercy of elements 

Feared tempests 

And waited for rains

And in fear prayed to 

Rivers, trees, animals and birds, 

Thinking it might appease gods 

Has been displaced by a man 

Who does not fear elements 

Who can put dams 

On rivers 

And create electricity which 

Which will run his civilization.

Both the men are poles apart, 

Yet the man lost 

In the mist of centuries

Was more practical 

As he looked forward 

And here we are his advanced versions, 

Than his counterpart today 

Infested by Back lust

Who enjoys the luxuries 

Of a distant past

Which was wrapped in the 

Atrocities of kings, with a helpless mass.

CREATING NEW ARCHETYPES

We come from darkness
To darkness retire
Life was the fuel
And Time its fire.

The backdrop casts
A powerful spell
How we were
The centuries tell

The stories of wisdom
Keep us on hold
Present is silver
Old is gold

Old myths serve as
Booby traps
Creating in our lives
Glaring gaps

We deny all our knowledge
And forget the gain
How technology
Has halved our pain.

What man was, and what
He is today,
We have updated
Ourselves in every way 

Bio

Dr. Jernail S. Anand, with 200 plus books [19 epics] to his credit, is an authoritative voice in the contemporary world literature, a polymath, and a vital architect of the 21st century ethical literature whose seminal work ‘Lustus: The Prince of Darkness’ challenges the moral complacency of our era.  Founding President of the International Academy of Ethics, and Laureate of Charter of Morava [Serbia], Seneca [Italy], Franz Kafka [Germany, Ukraine, Czech Rep], Maxim Gorky [Russia] Soka Ikeda [Japan] and Mahakavi Bharati [India] & Lord of World Peace & Literature (India) awards,   his name is inscribed on the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. He is an Honorary Member of the Serbian Writers Association, Belgrade, a Member of the Honorary International Boule and Honorary Academic Senator of International Academy of Rome, and a Academic Member of the Academy of Arts and Philosophical Sciences, Bari [Italy]. 

Bibliography:

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