Tale of Two Cracks

Tale of two Cracks __________________ Farmers Heel crack S C R E A Ms Bountiful harvest is no time to rest From Farm to Market Middlemen exploit Money lenders squeeze Scheme benefit vanishes Bumper crops finally yield cropped price Farmers lugged on soil to survive But best efforts and worst System cracked their hopes created cavities on heels Unable to crack mystery of destiny hung by rope on tree World calls it suicide But is a murder abetted by apathy of society Land Peel crack S C R E A Ms Ecology cycle of Water-Vapour-Clouds-Rain callously breached Depleting water table meagre network of irrigation leaving soil parched Brittle cracked pieces of soil sliced sand gasping for life Disregard for Environment causing floods, famines drenching, dehydrating soil depleting nutritious layer fertile land turning barren Earth suffers miscarriage feeding bosom dries Blossom dies Flora and Fauna cries World calls it Natural calamity But is ecology's murder abetted by humans antipathy ____________________________ © Dr Hitendra Mehta