If I was a tree poem summary
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This poem has been written by Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy. In this poem he is speaking on behalf of the untouchables. He loves the life of a tree instead of being an untouchable because a tree is acceptable to society but an untouchable is not acceptable to society. Even in modern times an untouchable is disliked and kept out of society. If he becomes a tree, a bird may build its nest on the tree without thinking of the tree as untouchable. Sun light would not discriminate him as untouchable tree. An untouchable's shadow is considered unclean but a tree's shadow is not untouchable. Rain would have fallen on it without discrimination. A cow is considered very sacred but it would come and touch the tree. At last, the dry broken wood of the tree may be used for the funeral of good people. Through this poem, the author condemns the blind belief called untouchability.