Mercy of Mother Earth: A poem by Nisha Tandon
Long has mankind abused precious mother nature We have shown disregard to God’s unparalleled creation Her body has brutally been ravaged for selfish desires In exploiting her we have never felt any hesitation She stood strong and tolerant through eons of time Pleading and begging mortals to save her identity She has bestowed us with her priceless blessings And we continued to compromise on her serenity She sent out warnings of her imminent and instilled anger Alas! Man became victim of her undisguised wrath She has lashed back with a vengeance that is unprecedented And he failed to deal with the devastating aftermath She punished them relentlessly with her fury Earthquake, melting glaciers, tsunamis and disasters unknown Natural calamities left the people grief-stricken and shattered After all how long can we continue to bruise her soul We plead Mother Earth to grace us with her mercy We vow to preserve her fragile beauty and rich inheritance A promise to stop the exploitation of natu...