I just couldn’t make out his name; simply by looking
into his innocently hazel eyes,
I just couldn’t make out his religion; simply by
gauging the pace of his walk; the lanes on which he
traveled,
I just couldn’t make out the place he might be
residing; simply by staring at the color of his
clothes,
I just couldn’t make out the money he had incarcerated
in his pocket; simply by casting a look at the back of
his trouser,
I just couldn’t make out the words he might be
extremely fond of; simply by the shade of his lips,
I just couldn’t make out his passions in life; the
things he had an insatiable zeal for; simply by
admiring his supreme height,
I just couldn’t make out the color of blood flowing in
his veins; simply by glancing a trifle at his rubicund
skin,
I just couldn’t make out the dreams engulfing his
mind; simply by witnessing his mystical shadow,
I just couldn’t make out whether he was married or
not; by simply listening to his authoritative voice,
I just couldn’t make out the exact size of his shoe;
simply by running my fingers nimbly across his fading
footprints,
I just couldn’t make out the destination he was going
to; simply by viewing the bag he held stubbornly in
his fortified palms,
I just couldn’t make out the speed of his heart; the
turbulence that might going on inside; by simply
casting one look beneath his shirt inundated with
profuse sweat,
I just couldn’t make out the abuses he had spoken a
little while ago; simply by straining my ears to his
present voice,
I just couldn’t make out the fraternity of clothes he
vehemently adored; by simply peering at his existing
pair of bedraggled coat and trousers,
I just couldn’t make out the insects that had stung
him all throughout his life; simply by spotting the
fresh bruises sprawled incoherently on his arms,
I just couldn’t make out the actual strength and
tenacity he possessed in his demeanor; simply by
standing abreast by his side for a few racy seconds,
I just couldn’t make out the taste circumventing his
greedy tongue; simply by peeking a glimpse at the
morsels of left over bread neatly sandwiched in his
fists,
I just couldn’t make out his ability to memorize; the
pedigree of intelligence that lingered in his brain;
simply by gawking at his bushy eyebrows and moderately
square forehead,
And the more I saw him; the more frustrated I became;
as I just couldn’t make out head or tail about his
entity; the inscrutable quandaries enveloping his
life,
So at the end when there seemed no alternative; and
the inexorably urge to talk to him became more
prominent than the thunderously deafening clouds; I
chose the simplest option; I audaciously mustered
strength to call him; addressed him boldly as
'HUMAN'…
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