Google's Earth: A poem by Aarti Agarwal

Google's Earth

With a swish and swipe of my thumb,                                             

Riding the Google, I roam the earth,

Hovering thousands of feet above the land

I peep at sentiments bubbling in its heart.

I gaze at gorgeous sunshine

Blushing the earth, turning it orange and pink.

I glimpse at its sun tanned skin

Sweating in the desert's heat.

I jettison up to the Himalayas

Watch the earth aiming for the sky,

And then shift back south to view

Grass nodding to wind's lullaby.

Oh! But I also heard her hopeless sigh

On my retreat to my place.

So many buildings, so little land?

My city looks like a concrete maze!

Beneath her sigh, was a faint whimper,

"Put an end to all of this,

No one has bequeathed me to you,

You are stealing it from your kids".

From euphoric bliss falling back into the abyss

I pledge to pay heed to its desperate plea,

Cause to make earth the happiest it has ever been

The change must start with me.