Humanity Dies When I Died Poem by Dr. Sada Bihari Sahu

Humanity dies when I died

We are wild animal, they are cultured people
We trust them, they betrayed us
We never captured their territory, they destroyed our home
We maintain ecological balance, they are creating imbalance
After that they say we are wild
And they are so called literate and cultured
You decide who is wild?

I never thought of they can do such a cruelty to me
I am pregnant, there is a life within me
What is his fault, who is yet to born?
Is there any enmity with me or with my baby?
Is it my fault to trust them?
How can one do such a heinous crime to an animal?

I cried a lot
Move round and round in water
To take care of my baby
To help me out
Pray Lord Vishnu to save again
Like in the past from crocodile
From the sky a loud voice come out from God
And said I can save from wild animal
But not from man to whom I have given both mind and heart to understand and feel
I am helpless my dear mother elephant
I am blaming my self why I have created such a stupid and nonsense people in this earth
Then I stopped crying
Console my baby
It is better to die in my womb
Then to come to this hell
Who are ready to kill you again and again before you live?
Oh God! Do forgive these so-called literate people
Actually, they do not know, they are killing themselves
If I live, ecology live, they live
If I died, they die and what these poor fellow don't know why

©Dr. Sada Bihari Sahu/ 05/06/2020