None Great None Small

It’s, for me, not nature’s just one aspect or the other; But, each creature of nature is greater than the other. An ant moving unnoticed under any leaf or flower, Rolling food, even under feet of animals much heavier; An earthworm incessantly tilling anyone’s land, And unassumingly lending farmers its helping hand; The bee hummingbird that drinks nectar from flowers, And by way of pollination, its gratefulness reciprocates; Beavers that in their masterly way reducing soil erosions, And said to be improving the quality of water streams; Llamas while making easy the mountaineers’ transportations, Offer their hide and wool as fabrics, crafts, ropes, and rugs; Rats that cooperate with human beings as regular rodents, Though not considering themselves as contributing agents; Squirrels that consistently shape plant compositions, And impulsively burry seeds and enable plantations; Crows the commonest of all scavenger birds in India, Together with vulture, eagle, hawk, kite, and jackdaw; Butterflies or dragonflies, or beetles or ladybirds, Moths or bugs or bumblebees or leaf miner or spiders; Animals domesticated or in the wild that might hit and kill Who’s great, who’s small, in the mysterious life-cycle? 7th May 2021 ALL YOURS (May 9) Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Brian Strand