Let The Earth Live Her Way

Let the Earth live her way

Despite all possible reasons

Good or bad

Scrutable or inscrutable

In human prescience.

For nature knows the secret

Of surpassing eons

With human furies

Come symbiotic imbalance

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Tsunamies

Tremors

Floods

Landslides

And many alike.

Often mistakenly brushed

As nature's tyrannies

And some profusely stand

Nature's a great equalizer.

Who bereave nature?

Her stored bounties?

A query always haunts

And the Earth is clueless

Absolutely.

From stone age

To this century

All squander her legacy

Mindlessly

Mercilessly

Destroying verdant terrains

Forests far and near

Sometimes in the name of development

A lopsided development -

A false premise.

Miles of woods go missing

When a high way connects two cities

Concrete jungles pop up

With all modern amenities -

Shopping Malls

Hotels and motels

Theme parks

Parking lots

A new definition of development.

And then come surges of campaigns

Green campaigns

Sustainable development

Reduced carbon footprint

Inclusive growth,

Crusaders of nature

In all hues and shades

To protect the Mother Earth

Join the bandwagon

Quite farcical

The Earth is dying

Save her now

Let her live in pride

With her glory.

(A small tribute to my Mother Earth on this Earth Day!)