It gave us trees, for animals to live, to purify air, for food,
But all we did was take it’s life and make it wood?
It gave us water, to drink, to travel, to cook whatever taste,
But all we did was collect from industries and houses and dump every waste?
It gave us air to breathe, and to protect from the harmful rays of the sun,
But all we did was to pollute it more and take global warming to the maximum?
It gave us land to live on, for the flowers to bloom,
But all we did was to add few chemicals for yield and made it infertile soon?
It sacrificed itself for the betterment of it’s children,
Who have turned a blind eye,
We have done everything to make it bedridden,
Who is to blame? You or I?
Now it’s time for us to make sure we respect her,
Though she demands in return, nothing,
If we don’t, it’ll set us ablaze with a scorching summer,
Or an earthquake, or tsunami or something.
Thus to conclude we are children of a beautiful mother,
Whom, we all are, (and you know it’s true), are trying to smother.
P. S. The picture has been taken by me near the banks of Kabini river, Coorg.
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