Can It So Happen? Poem by Rohini Gupta

Lying on the beach, fully engrossed in deep thinking

Various formations and constellations, I was linking

Peeping through the dark sky, amidst stars twinkling

When an ominous silence, caused my eyes blinking


My ears twitched, as I could not hear the ocean roar

Stood up and realized, I was far off from the shore

And those fishermen boats, could be seen no more

I dashed to my hotel room, to find what was in store


Suddenly my friend, called me up on the phone

From a small town, high up in the northern zone

To inform me of a miracle, in a very hushed tone

That geysers have sprung up, to them not known


What was going on, I could not understand

News were reporting, the world at its end

Oceans throughout, sinking beneath the land

Can it so happen, one needs to comprehend