Aren't Animals Wise? Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

No monkeys pray to God; no mammals do.
No animals pray to God; no other lives do.
They live their life and die as we all do.
Must we pray to God and die unlike them?

No monkeys fear karma; no mammals do.
No animals fear karma; no other lives do.
They live their life and die as we all do.
Must we fear karma and die unlike them?

No monkeys seek heaven; no mammals do.
No animals seek heaven; no other lives do.
They live their life and die as we all do.
Must we seek heaven and die unlike them?

God is to all and man is not special.
God will bestow deaths and births here and there
And will not listen to man's plea for life.
Can't we be as wise as those animals?
20.08.2022