Here’s to health

Stop! Don't binge on 'past' food.

An indulgence that attracts and destroys

the system from within,

the only self-medication, with breath as guru*

is meditation; rest, injurious.

If you want to laugh aloud,

take all your violence out,

or want to stimulate your gray matter

look for none, but nature

just look... look at her.

The shameless butterflies and bees with those flowers

Brooks with those grasses, leaves and the trees

Birds with those fruits

Cattle with those barks and the meadows

O boy! What they do! All through the day!

With love in the air, all creatures, timid and brave

from elephants to ants

will oust your gray, the giggle-waves

and pleasure-rains streaming through the nerve
O it doesn't in the least matter
Which age-traveller you are

Watch! It can even wet your pants!

Practise this for some time till you feel

light. ...  almost feather-weight

when you’re up and about

in the beautiful merry-go-round

you’ll see your reflections,

...all around...

Go! Say hello to the world.

*guru - teacher; the word has two parts, viz. 'gu' and 'ru'...'gu' means obfuscation or darkness and 'ru' means the person who helps clear the darkness