Give me five
and fifty millennia, I will
invent the wheel
tame fire
take baby steps towards
evolution and
drive magnificent beasts to
extinction
Give me five
thousand years, I will
build cities
of opulence and grandeur and
pave their streets of hubris
with nature and its debris
conquer the seven seas
create and develop fine
arts and instruments
of war. I will create
gods, I am a God!
Give me five
hundred years, I will
wage holy wars
for religion and trade
supremacy over my
fellow Gods, the beauty
of this world unmade.
Give me five
decades, I will
split an atom and its nucleus
use it
to cure and destroy
diseases and denizens
struck down with
God’s might, or
Human spite?
Give me five
years, I will
vote in, vote out
fools and charlatans
I am the
patron saint of fake puritans
Give me five
days, I will
create a sensation
for eyeballs
real issues flushed
down the loo
TRP ratings my Gita,
Bible and Quran too
Give me five
minutes, I will
plunge a rusty knife,
fire a bullet,
plough a car, or just
fling some acid
anything for love,
money, or lust
satiate my inner beast
Give me five
seconds, I will
hurl an abuse
send a nasty
tweet, and hide
behind my keyboard
a modern day warrior
a social media knight
Now,
Give me five
million years,
the Universe awaits
its architect
Evolution of man and humanity over the years fabulously expressed. Loved your take on the prompt, Varad!
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Thank you, Shilpa. Glad you liked it 🙂
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Superbly done. History of mankind right down to the second.
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Thank you, Suzy. Glad you liked it.
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What a beautiful poetry
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Thank you 🙂
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You are a creative genius, Varad. This is the most unique take on the prompt. Just Wow.
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Thank you for the kind words, Aesha. Glad you liked it.
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That was simply fantastic. Taking us back in time in fives. That is indeed a new and profound new meaning for the term give me five. Your take on the prompt is unique.
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Thanks, Jai. Glad you liked it.
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Wow, what a fabulous weave for the prompt!
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Thank you, Pragun. Glad you liked it.
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So you want to destroy the world only to make it again? Rather a grim indictment of man. Thought provoking nonetheless how God’s best creation works towards destruction.
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That’s unfortunately in our DNA. Thanks for the comment.
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superb , wow loved reading it I was silent after reading it…
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Thank you, Smitha.
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Nicely woven.
It’s His plan! Over the ages, He is the decision-maker. God is the architect.
– Anita
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Thank you, Anita.
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Humanity is heading to self inflicted auto immune disease of corroding itself. Time, the most dispassionate of all, records tiniest of imprints, but then who is bothered to check them and reflect upon? Definitely not the human race. Nothing can stop us from day of doom. Thankfully I will not be alive in this avatar to witness it!
Profound creation Varad.
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We, humans, have this propensity of destroying everything and tagging it under evolution. You said it right, glad we won’t be around to see the nadir of this ‘evolution.’
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You best work this one, varad! Captures the essence of mankind through the ages
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Thank you, Meena. Glad you liked it.
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I give you a 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 perfect harmony. Amazingly written.
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Thank you, Deepa. 🙂
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Wow! What a fabulous take on the prompt, Varad. I’ve really enjoyed reading your unique style of poetry for the #Barathon. Keep them coming!
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Thanks, Esha. Glad you liked it.
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You leave me speechless. What a unique take on the prompt and the way you have defined the incidents in various time range is mind blowing. I’ve always been fascinated by your writings but your Bar-A-Thon poetry has really surpassed all the previous benchmarks.
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Thank you, Sonia. This is something I wanted to try. Glad it came off well.
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