Poems by Dr. Jernail S. Anand

LOVE comments of human love and Gods love for for his creation When we lose beauty, or utility,  our worldly partners discard us. Animals whom we love when they give milk are sold out to slaughter houses. But God is a different kind. When we lose all powers of perception and become utterly useless, he silently calls us to his enclosure under the earth. 

 

LOVE 

 

We love things which look beautiful 

Or things which are useful.

And when things lose beauty 

Or turn useless, 

The love evaporates.

 

But men and women 

When fall in love,

These benchmarks of 

Beauty and utility

Turn irrelevant.

 

Love like hope springs eternal 

In human heart 

And stays 

Even when cheeks lose glow 

And winds lose their blow.

 

Offspring is loved by the living species 

But when parents grow old, 

Or if some accident 

Breaks a child beyond repair, 

How long can love be stretched?

 

Animals are loved only so long 

As they give milk.

Or they have enough strength 

In their knees to pull the carts, 

Before being sold out to the slaughter house 

 

Love of this land has its limitations 

Even men and women who love

Sometimes find it a burden 

And rush to the courts. 

Who carries a relation reduced to a carcass?

 

Earth is a different type of mother 

And God a doting father 

Who call to their embrace 

Voyagers whose boats were broken 

Before they could cry "Eureka".

 

 

 

SMILE  is a poem which philosophises how a man should conduct himself in the cosmic society if he wants  God's love and reach his Golden Tent.

 

 

 

 

I received an invitation 

From God.

I wondered what gift I should carry.

 

The greatest gift for 

The living father 

Was his son's smiling face 

 

I bought some smiles 

From a flower  shop 

And thought it would do 

 

I was surprised 

It did not impress God 

And he turned me back 

 

On my return journey

He changed the entire environment 

And thought now the smile would be original.

 

On the earth, 

I visited some other shops

But every time I was turned back.

 

At last God made me sit by him.

Simple, He said 

Can you make my beings  happy?

 

I poured some water 

Into the drying roots of a few plants 

And placed a small jar of water  for pigeons 

 

I took some sugar and poured it

On an ant hill, 

They were so happy.

 

When cuckoo sang, 

And when I saw squirrels 

God saw a smile on my face 

 

And lovingly he called me 

To His golden tent 

To stay there for ever.

 

 

 

 

DR JERNAIL SINGH ANAND  is President of the International Academy of Ethics. He is author of 160 plus books in English poetry, fiction, non-fiction, philosophy and spirituality. The Academy of Arts and Philosophical Sciences, Bari (Italy) honoured him with the prestigious position of Honorable Academic. He was awarded Charter of Morava, the great International Award in Creativity by Serbian Writers Association, Belgrade at the 60th Belgrade International Writers Meeting (Oct 2023), and his name was engraved on the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. Recently, he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy [Honoris Causa] by the University of Engg and Management, Jaipur. His most phenomenal book is Lustus:The Prince of Darkness [first epic of the Mahakaal Trilogy].

 

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