I have eyes… you did not see
You were never aware of my well- being
I am tired, sick and ailing
You have defiled my robust foundation
Your crabbed relentless daggers
Have impudently antagonized me
I dedicated my life for your propitious intentions
But
Your haughty frugality crushed my chastity
Your blunt antipathy threatened my very existence
You became the authority
You thought yourself omnipotent and omniscient
You challenged God’s very own existence
You dared to conquer his territory
You not only transgressed my entrails
You saucily plundered the heavens
Your callous and obnoxious doggedness
Has obstructed sustenance of my own existence
Now his benedictions are curtailed
Your ancients feared God’s wrath
Their sagacious and unsullied wisdom
Protected them from harm
Your imposing prowess
Tarnished my image
Your deceptive and disconsolate impertinence
Has mawkishly intruded upon my infinite significance
You adroitly schemed and plundered my wealth
Leaving me gashed and wounded
Your constant torments ‘masticated’ me endlessly
Your haughty, clamorous squandering
Of my enchanting physique
Has compelled me to fall ill
I have with the connivance of the Almighty
Shut myself down
Locked you in your own homes
Deprived you of your privileges
To cast off the freight you loaded me with
The forests are now breathing
They are alive and fresh
The wild animals are safe and wandering
On the lanes you once trudged along
They are no longer afraid of you
The birds are back in their nests
Twittering and ‘galloping’ across the heavenly blue
You rudely snatched their subsistence
The raucous and clamorous loudspeakers
Had burst my ears and deafened the Almighty
Now I command
Discipline yourselves
Do not be impulsive and stir out
Do not provoke the rebel
It is invisible
It is tyrannical
It is deadly
It is neutral
It will magnify its scope of destruction
And
Coercively harbor and implant itself in your elegant body
To wickedly float internally
And
Conquer others
I am Mother Earth
Once boisterous with chuckles and laughter
Now I am unruffled
I am tranquil and healing myself
Do not clog my craftsmanship
Halt!
I am your guardian
The divine hand is upon me
I honor your life
Stay home
Stay safe
~ Shobha Diwakar
Jabalpur, India
A very well written poem. We humans have been rude & cruel to all what God bestowed upon us. It needed something as dangerous as Covid 19 to open our eyes, stop & gaze at all the beauty that we are surrounded with & hopefully we now learn to respect & honour each & every thing gifted to us by God as a blessing showered upon us.
Thank you ASB I am convinced this is the time to restrain our unwanted activities and become self reliant and seek within our selves for solutions that will help repair the earth and let it smile again with its bounteous blessings.
Nature is healing itself
let us pray this evil spread will soon disappear but only if we cooperate and pay attention to all the cautions our doctors, medical staff and our PM is asking us to observe.
Beautifully written. Very apt for the Covid distraught world. If humans do not learn a lesson now they will perish!. Nature has given us enough for our needs but our greed is endless. We are now paying a price for it. Beware and change or suffer and die
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thank you dr amin for your words of wisdom… yes it’s now or never!