Nature’s Vengeance

a poem by Ramya

When god gave life – he gifted it,
With love, care and joy – that
Man never dared to waste – that
Was stable, steady and kind…
And gave him food, shelter and hope.
With knowledge and power – that
Man never dared to misuse.

But when man grew wild,
Wilder than the beasts,
Knowing not what he does,
He disturbed mother nature…
Not aware of her other side.

She had had enough-
Explosions, ignorance, demolitions…
Murder-
Murder of her forest wealth.
She had seen the worse-
Loss of her children for reasons bizarre…
She couldn’t bear more-
The pollution, the riots, the poverty and misery.
She couldn’t deny
Getting killed herself as a consequence.

She wanted to arrest man’s thoughts,
She wanted to stop these killings herself.
From the tsunami to floods of Orissa,
From Bhuj to Sumadra,
From the Arctic to the Antarctic,
She took with her – lives, many in number
To save them from living beasts.
She took with her
The sins of mankind – to safeguard its glory.
She started taking earth back,
Back to its glorious past – when,
Mankind was small but kind,
When man knew of her fury and power.

Now that she has shown him
Her love for mankind…
Her vengeance with poise and power…
With anger not to destroy life,
But to teach man…
Of true existence on earth,
The value of its nature,
And more so – her power.

Man shall remain forever
Under her shadow…
With devotion and harmony,
And carry along God’s gift – as he gave…