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We Loved At First: Love Left Quitetude

I
Old English Lawns
unseen hands watered and caressed
emerald tinted aquamarine green
O the most beautiful natural lanscape
Not even lawn furniture, or modern waterhose
O the gratitude for this interruption of civilzation
How you overcame drought, all weather extremes
showing neither bruises, nor memories of hurts
A second century loomed ahead
Newly-weds from inside the mansion began thinking
That modern type of obsessive thinking
This land must be put to productive use
We are called Stewards of the Earth by God
Forgetting everything else his and her God declares

II
It began on the far side of this Providential Lawn
The Newlyweds declared their plan in a "Manifest of Destiny"
The first to go were the giant sequioa, even Joshua Cacti near and far
Neither saw the beauty in brambles and hedges near the Mansion
Then went the meadow, the rose bushes; and the orchards, next ...
Steel and metal miracles came, upturning the green and golden earth
After the rains wept, the earth streaked coppery red down mounds
Something seeped into the water table, flowed into the stream
The Witness watched as towers and windows and glass came
To declare: We have mastered nature, this New World

Copyright © Anil Deo | Year Posted 2018

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Paul Callus Date: 8/20/2018 3:33:00 PM This is strikingly beautiful, Anil. And yet, after the initial uplifting lines, sadness creeps in. What gets lost is hard to regain (if ever!) Shalom...paul Login to Reply

Charlie Smith Date: 8/16/2018 9:48:00 AM Funny how nature thrived so long without our help just to surrender to our natural order. Well done Anil... Login to Reply Anil Deo Date: 8/16/2018 1:21:00 PM Thanks for that input, Charlie. O man ....my pet peeve. But Compassion teaches, "I, too, am part of the problem." shalom, shalom to you & all at PS.

S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri Date: 8/15/2018 12:28:00 AM Wow poet this is soo impressive. I like to write emerald green and your imagery is so beautiful and poetic here. I admire how u say, "we are stewards if God" , indeed true. I rate this wonderful poem highly. Kudos. I replied your comment on my ashurah poem too. Login to Reply Anil Deo Date: 8/15/2018 8:08:00 AM Thanks so much for reading Zaynab. Readers do make poetry as powerful as their hearts allow. Poets are highly valued in Pakistan, Arab world, & Iran (Rumi broke through the Curtains or barriers, globally). I am fortunate to live in the US now. I tried back & forth to South Africa, but it is too dangerous for Asians now. Shalom, shalom and salaam (Khudah Hafiz)