Nearing the End

NEARING THE END

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We make her suffer and she stays so calm,

how long will but she her anguish palm.

A mistral turned france cold,i heard

while a simoom in africa had its people stirred.

The disaster of tsunami needs no allusion,

and the droughts around are no mocking illusion.

The other day,i walked for hours and found not a sight of green ,

oh!you people,you will die but your kids will have to scream.

Where are we heading to by sending satellites in space,

monitoring the weather or running blindly in an evil race.

In an industrialized city it took me hours to find a pale of water,

the headlines read-"water on moon",i laughed

how could i walk to moon when i could hardly potter.

The weather , it's so unpredictable these days

rain in november and cold winds in june

that is what the prediction says.

I wake up every morning but find no birds around

gone are those days when they were my alarm's sound

no trees to sit , no place for nests,

we take it all and say "survival of the fittest"

Jobs are melting away like the icecaps

be ready for the voids , no one will fill these gaps.

Unreservedly,we have been enjoying the supplies of nature,

how long will she continue being good,

maybe till we break her back and place her on a stretcher!!

And what then when she is gone,

i can see the day,no one can have the trouble borne.

Men,women,children none will be reprieved

chaos , turmoil and unrest will have the planet bleed.

The catastrophe will engulf each one of us

everything will be over amidst fury and fuss

And then will she be able to smile again

in a new world of innocence with none providing pain.

---MUKESH