Earth: A poem by Dr. Sonia Gupta

 EARTH
O’ Lord, you blessed us with this sacred earth,
In the laps of whom everything rolls after birth,
A rare example of sacrifices and kindness,
Selflessly provides everyone with all comforts!

Food, water, creatures and fresh air to breathe,
She fulfills everyone's necessities and needs,
Under the roof of that open vast blue sky,
She floats in an ocean of low and high tides!

Sometimes scorching sun, sometimes heavy rains,
Sometimes frozen she is, sometimes withered grains,
Deforestation, pollution, and haunting of animals,
Disasters like earthquakes and Tsunami bring her tears!

She has become a witness of wars, for years,
Bathed in cruel blood with flowing dreadful rivers.
Her children only are giving her pain for own selves,
But, she keeps on bearing every wound on her chest!

For the world, she is a lifeless piece as a coal,
But, in real words, she is the pious holy soul,
She demands nothing but a sigh of peace and love,
O’ Lord! Bless our mother from the heaven above!

O' dear all wake up and hold hands together,
O' let us love and care our earth mother,
Let us enrich her laps with peace and rejoice,
Let us hear her pains and silent voice !!