Malicious Mankind - A poem by Sachin Phadke

Once the nature was full of climbers ,creepers

But now substituted with huge skyscrapers

Former provided us food to eat

Can our belly tolerate food of concrete?

The hindrance or so called development

Have given trees and bushes hard dent

Once flourishing &smiling with utmost ease

Now their existence has started them to tease.

Once moon used to meet fishes pebbles in the lake

From the late night till we wake

The monstrous chemical has blocked its path

Made strongest friends to part.

Once the trees used to dance with the breeze

But now it causes it to sneeze

Once was boon and helped to grow new roots

But now a curse which completely uproots.

Once the rain was the heaven’s embassy

Dancing were earth’s creature full of ecstasy

But rain full of smoke and acid

Have dis-eased creatures so placid.

“the lion poached a man in a city”

Newspaper exclaimed, ”What a pity”?

We have debarred it from its habitat

Stop this cruel business ,before it is too late.

Once the rain flow was synonymous to melody

But now it has turned into a cacophony

Once was lifeline for a million

Now it roars and destroys like a villain.

Is it natural cloud burst

Or nature’s anger has burst?

We have to check our action in meantime

Otherwise our life will cease to exist in no time.

Man comes and perishes

But alters nature so precious

Nature tries to avenge the man’s cruel deed

For which upcoming generation has to suffer thrown away like a weed.

Is the nature to be blamed

For the so called development we claimed

We can’t control nature’s force

Otherwise it will hit back with tremendous force

Are we so kind

But ironically we call ourselves mankind

A poem by: Sachin Phadke.