All life is sacred, I know
But there's good and evil too
How I see one or the other
Depends on my view
I'm not wrong in what I think
Nor is the cobra that I see
But the choice for me is clear
When it's either it or me
I apologise to the cockroaches I kill
I say sorry to the weeds I find
As I pull them out from the roots
They're life too, whispers my mind
Harmful to me they're for sure
But they too are alive
A bit if me dies with them
So the rest can survive
Kishore Asthana