First there was a lightening dazing the eye
Next came a thunder threatening
With fear the earth skipped a spin
Merry skies laughed maliciously
And sent down a cold rain
‘Thanks, many thanks’
The earth mumbled
With a simper shyly
Amused, I asked the earth,
“Aren’t you both good friends?
Between you it must be quid pro quo
Why this misplaced gratitude you show? ”
Earth whispered, “He’s my friend! Yes friend! !
But he wants always to have an upper hand
Don’t you see? He is up there above me! !
He is a phenomenon of vicious vicissitudes
When in bad mood, me he can flood
Or can submerge in the oceans
Hence I can’t act otherwise, but subdued”
Aha! Now I know when they all did start
Politics, oppression and exploitation
They’re very well there in the nature,
From where the man did learn
The spirit of every vile phenomenon
A very original piece Sathya....I like the last stanza very much...You raise a really important question....
A well penned write..I love most your last lines. My warm regards, Meggie
Masterly juggling the themes. A novel way. Ten dr. sakti
a very great theme.. very significant thoughts from you... very intelligible write... strong and with great impact.. 10+++ lovelots, Maia
The warm poem has taken off from ancient mystery, very nice...10... Tsira
my inquisitive memory hav detected here/in this site some powerful thinker, you are one of them! Compact........beautiful interpretation! 10+
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I would like to translate this poem
very well written...man has indeed learnt the wrong lesson right