I knew them all....

All i did was feed him a biscuit 

and this frail dog visited me every day wagging his tail 

he came every evening and sat by my window 

as though it was some important ritual

he waits patiently till the moment i notice him and wave at him 

at times when i am happy he tries showing some of his tricks 

and when i am sad he sits silently and doesn't leave for hours 

i guess this is why he is called man's best friend 

all he does is give his love , his presence , his compassion 

compelling me to give all of it back to him

All she did was sleep and sleep for hours 

and then wake up and walk around with all its pride

this hefty cat at my friends place 

made me realize all she ever wished was 

to be her own self and gain all attention 

I don't know what she gave others but she did 

teach a lot to me and did give a great deal 

of company and happiness to my friend 

Every time i get up in the night and 

look at them all i see is them 

constantly running around and whispering something 

to each other these two Gold fishes 

in my fish pot look at me in sarcasm 

they feel comfortable communicating with my fingers than 

a whole me but they do find sometime to look at me 

The others who are usually busy partying at night 

are the cockroaches who run around to find a place 

to hide the moment I switch on the light 

one or two even dare to play the acting game with me 

they pretend to be dead but the moment i try approaching them 

they mock at me and run around as mad kids 

and some hide in corners and eye on me as

the neighborhood housewives..

Now there is this bird of whose name i don't know

All i know its a very attractive one 

It comes every morning sings its heart out 

never promises to come back daily but does make it a point to turn 

up every few days , the moment i tried touching it 

it flew away , but still came back tease me and leave again 

It came only to feed on what i gave but never to give 

anything back to me

Finally I met this creature called Human being 

a so called well mannered  humble Man

all he did was give his love, his presence, his compassion 

compelling me to give all of it back to him but in few days he made 

me realize all he wished was to live by his own gain all attention and leave 

and change my whole set of perceptions and that 

he wanted some part of me but not me as a whole 

and then his act of being busy started the moment he realized i found it out 

he started turning mad over me , criticizing me and  terming me immature

and bitch about me as the neighborhood housewives 

every time i thought he left , he kept coming back 

Messing up things for me 

he came only to take but never to give back anything to me 

And thus i felt i knew the traits of a Dog

I knew the Pride of a Cat

I Knew the Sarcasms of a Gold Fish 

I knew confusions of a Cockroach 

I knew the uncertainty of that Unknown Bird 

But I wished i had known the traits of my own species...