The Intruders

a poem by Ramesh T A

The intruder unhesitatingly enters any place silent and noiseless
Whether it is high or low what so ever the place is,
Like a fox under the guise of a goat among the goats,
Or like the monkey that has entered into the flower garden,
Or like the bear that has entered into the Siva pooja,
Or like the street dog that has entered into the open house.
He just changes his attire according to the occasion to try his adventure.

The intruder simply interrupts any group to catch unaware;
The first one that falls in his net generally the weak one,
Through whom he tries all his monkey tricks to catch the big shot
To accomplish his most cherished goal cool and clear
And thereby he shatters the whole show to pieces irreparable.

Who are these intruders who pose a threat to the society?
Uncertain friendship cannot go strong and steady in life;
Friends of such a group never mind much any matter;
And they are the intruders who interfere in the affairs of others.

Born of vulgar couples they grow under vicious atmosphere;
Loveless and friendless they trust but for themselves nobody else;
The vicious chain they are connected cannot disconnect them ever;
The bondage they cannot break but at the loss of their own life;
And so they go on toppling the top persons to come to the top position;
Or they live under the protected shadow of the top persons and
They observe and copy the movements of the model waiting for time.

The time also comes, but life is not a bed of roses as they imagine
And not only they suffer from mental torture but also torture others.
Directly or indirectly such individuals and groups create disharmony in the society;
So also the nation/nations interfere in the internal affairs of other nations.

The fallen angel, Satan spoiled Adam and Eve’s way of live;
The western religion says so to generations of men who sin, suffer and die.
In the East there was a Naradha famous for his meddling;
But his meddling of others’ activities ended always with a common good.
That’s the difference between the East and the West ever the world came into being.

West has done more harm to East than East to West in the human world.
The world adventurers, the British and the French roamed around the world;
First they entered the nations as visitors and then they became the rulers;
That was why almost all the nations of the world became colonies to them.