Truths Unknown

Transfer among government servants is common.
I too am such a vulnerable office kind.
I never ever felt anything uncommon,
When I got my transfer to a place as though fined…

I traveled carefree like a poor Indian monk.
Less of baggage and more of people's love within.
One creature, I've been ignoring during such punk,
Was the stray dog I'd been feeding for long as kin.

I'd reached my place, where, with all paraphernalia,
Men and women seemed welcoming me as though glad;
My dog  seemed crying like a lost child in Mela,
Just like awaiting the arrival of her dad.

It's there I found the true reason for creature love.
The food she might have got, sure, from my successor.
Why did she need to run forty miles or above,
To find me, who's just a nomadic professor...

17 June 2021
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Dutta Avatar
June 18, 2021 at 11:24 PM
Yes. It happens. Not uncommon. Well composed. Blessings
Alex Avatar
June 18, 2021 at 11:59 PM
Thank you very much.
Jayasankar Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 7:11 AM
Yes, they do love unconditionally... Loved reading your rhyme Christuraj... God bless.. ~ Ani
Alex Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 7:35 AM
Thank you very much.
Balasubramanian Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 4:24 AM
I have heard this kind of story (real) before. Good write. We humans are ungrateful!
Alex Avatar
June 17, 2021 at 7:35 AM
Thank you very much
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