Paradise No More
Those mortals who have a history of
About five million years having survived
Many calamities: fires floods viruses
Hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes
Man made wars and environmental events
A minute ball in cosmic terms, afloat
In nothingness of space held by tug of
Neighboring planets. Shooting stars Hit and
Miss Some burrowing leaving craters or
Vanish in black hole. Foretelling fate of
Worn out planets in the universe, spent
Themselves maintaining sovereignty over
The vast suspended universe that is
Immeasurable on all accounts which
Makes it unmanageably immense
And boundless. A minute globe in the midst
Of infinite cosmos occupied the
Central place in our limited logic
A people whose ancestors once expelled
From heaven now teeter on extinction
And are at the brink of destroying earth
Nature cries in the form of jolting rumbles
Of earth quakes and loud roar of tornadoes
Sends repeated warnings of forest fires
Raises ambient temperature of the earth
Dotted with torrential rains causing floods
If we fail to heed cries of nature and
See what is staring us in the face we
Are bound to lose like the dying sequoia
No amount of foil can stand fury of
Nature. To challenge it is to spit in the wind.
© 2021 Aman
Copyright © Amanullah Khan | Year Posted 2021
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