Holy cow

I am not a beef eater,
I am only a leaf eater.

I don't consider the cow bovine;
I consider it something divine.
I respect the holy cow;
Before it, I bend and bow.
I have taken a sort of a vow,
I don't know why and how.

I am not a beef eater,
I am only a leaf eater.

Once the cow gets dry,
Why do you make it cry?
You make it look very bony,
And weak thin and puny;
Why make it eat rags and paper,
If you are a really caring keeper?

I am not a beef eater
I am only a leaf eater

Why allow it to loiter and roam
Without proper shelter or a home?
Why do you milk it to the last drop
And allow its calf to live on slop?
Why not give it a better health
Without using it to make some wealth

I am not a beef eater,
I am only a leaf eater.

Hand it not to slaughterwala,
If you can, put it in a goshala.
Treat the cow as your asset,
Don't allow it to sweat and fret.
Allow it to die a decent death,
Before putting it under mother earth.

I am not a beef eater,
I am only a leaf eater.

Whether it is a holy cow,
Or a sheep goat or sow,
I am not for any killing,
Be it so , if God willing,
Ahimsa is my main creed,
An ideal that is noble indeed.

I am not a beef eater.
I am only a leaf eater.

Some may curse me for my view,
But i am sure they are only few,
I am an unprejudiced octogenarian,
Believing in being a vegetarian.
I value every life on earth as holy,
Though you may not agree with me wholly.

I am not a beef eater
I am only a leaf eater