What I Wish You To Be Poem by Namita Rani Panda

My children!
Don't you want to know why I call you all
In the name of different animals?
My Monkey, Donkey, Parrot, Rabbit, Squirrel!

I do intensely love and respect animals,
So innocent and cute and loyal above all!

They're splendid beings with no pretense,
Though may not possess high intelligence.

Never ever they are guided by greed,
Nor do they crave for more than what they really need.

Never ever they master malicious tricks,
Nor do they worry for future or cry over spilt milk.

Devoid of speech and complicated expressions,
Love for them is the best means of communication.

Never ever they kill with evil intention,
Only for satisfying hunger and self-protection.

They respond to love and never do betray,
Listen lovingly to what you say.

I wish you to possess all these traits,
That humans have lost in the name of progress.

Like animals you are sensible and loving,
Be like them, a true human being!