Ring Out 2015 Ring In 2016 Poem by C. P. Sharma

We have talked much of
Good neighborliness
Live and let live
War and truce
Boundaries
Squeeze
Minds
Freeze
Turnaround
Solutions not found

Talking doesn't help
The more the talks
More the tensions
Mankind's tomb
From cold wars
Nuclear bombs
To terrorism
Sky-scrapers
To global
Warming

Going down water tables
Rising pollution levels
Money, the servant
Becomes master
Swelling desires
Big smoke fliers
Difficult living
Concrete jungles
Hearts don't mingle
Nature almost crumbles

Go back to Nature
Think over once again
How much land I need?
How much food I eat?
Clothes that I wear?
How much we use?
How much waste?
How much dirt
I accumulate?
Rivers stink

Befriend Nature
Stop war against it
Land belongs to all beings
Don't deprive them of living
Empowering Nature
Have a just share
Live in harmony
With love and care
Learn lessons from 2015
For 2016 prepare