GOOD EARTH
Thursday, 23 April 2020
AN ODE TO
MOTHER EARTH
The air was invigorating, the
environment rejuvenating,
Indeed, Mother Earth is recuperating,
The soil was damp and dark,
And there set serenading a skylark!
Trees in the meadow grew lofty
–and the doves fluttered freely in the sunlit
sky.
A cloudless sheen washed upon the hues
of indigo,
Where dandelion weeds were once nurtured
moons ago.
The winds caressing ocean in an ethereal
aura,
Flora and fauna are in plethora.
Abruptly, I realise the quixotic verity,
That torpedoes my halcyon reverie.
For here, strolling through the coast of
omnipresent synthetic shards,
I consume metallic water, respire
charcoal and a world rife in carbonic cigars.
I behold the globe in a den of iniquity,
Alas, humans’ avarice brings sheer
futility.
Spiraling pernicious pall of smoke
cascading through factories’ nation,
Let us loathe relishing today’s savage
civilization.
Through the ravages of time, her
tolerance withers,
Whereupon the thirst of reprisal
simmers.
Yet today, yielding endearment with alacrity,
Garnering her motherhood and pristine
inheritance, we reflect humanity;
This Earth Day, amidst nature and mankind
we must nurture amity.
Rudransh Kantharia
Grade 12 G
Member - Media Relations Department
