Water Scarcity Poem by Prem Nizar Hameed

In the early morning hour, I took the binocular
To observe the drinking water availability
In the heavy tank at the main Water Authority;
Failed, I took the telescope as a next step, to observe
Whether a drop of water may come to the tank today;
Failed, I took the microscope to test the drop dripping from
The water tap and found it to be the sweat of the tap!
Failed again, I took the horoscope with plank and cowry
To find out the arrival of water in the future;
Kantaka Saturn spreads shadow over our place only,
And Telescope or Horoscope has no scope for getting
Water regularly on this landscape of our city!
However, we go ahead with our available scope,
The only available scope: That is our HOPE and HOPE! !

I woke up to the bucket of water poured by my friend
'Again you are in a city of water scarcity
While swimming in the vast ocean of dreams, dear' He uttered
'Yes, I was dreaming, but not for any specific place,
I dream for wherever water shortage needs to be solved!

(Composed with 14-syllable lines)