That our world is created

From recycled materials and

That we are living on leftovers of angels.

Jernail S. Anand, an eminent poet from India, shares his poem

Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, based in Chandigarh, is an Indian poet and scholar credited with 170 plus books of English literature, philosophy and spirituality. He won great Serbian Award Charter of Morava and his name adorns the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. He was honored with Seneca Award LAUDIS CHARTA by Academy of Arts & Philosophical Sciences, Bari, Italy 2024. He is Founder President of the International Academy of Ethics and conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by University of Engineering & Management, (UEM) Jaipur. Email anandjs55@yahoo.com 

THE RECYCLED WORLD

Nek Chand, the creator of Rock Garden*

Was an apocalyptic man

Who showed how thrown-aways

Can be recycled to give powerful messages.

Thrown-aways by this world

Are the broken pieces of bangles

Torn papers, broken cups and plates

And broken hearts too.

I tried to recycle some broken dreams

Weeping at the exit of discotheques

Or in the court rooms where

Dreams clash with reality.

I have a vision which often disturbs me

That God only gave us this earth

A few animals and some trees

Things multiplied thereafter

This world was nothing but

Some discarded dream of angels

The real world they had created

Was Lanka, Inderprastha and Dwarka.

They saw the quality of men falling

And faith disintegrating

And when gods withdrew

Men used brains to supplement the loss

This beautiful wonderful grand world

Is the creation of

Human brain

Man at last made peace with his exile.

Animals realize but we do not,

That our world is created

From recycled materials and

That we are living on leftovers of angels.

*Rock Garden is a tourist spot in Chandigarh, the city beautiful, capital of Punjab and Haryana

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