Tuesday, May 18, 2010

MOTHER NATURE AND SLAVERY

Mother Nature and Slaves
Two sides of the same coin
Unlimited, the patience of them,
It seems sometimes.
Like an elephant running amok
Causing devastating harm
All the way,
Crushing mahouts to death,
Trees uprooted,
Walls reduced to rubble
Houses, buildings and vehicles
Destroyed and upturned,
Creating havoc all the way
After prolonged periods
Of harassment and torture
Under the scorching sun for hours on end
Its patience reaching rock-bottom,
Unlimited patience
Is actually an illusion.
Mother nature as a result,
Of relentless plunders
Its greenery getting wiped out,
Face distorted, body bruised
And bleeding like
a girl defiled by sex-maniacs
Leaving her naked, dress torn apart
Mother Nature appears
In its true colours.
Uninterrupted torrential rains,
Floods, hurricanes,
Lightning and thunder,
Tsunamis, earthquakes,
Melting glaciers,
Raising the sea-levels,
Vanishing islands and inhabitants,
Unbearable droughts-
As ozone layers like blankets torn apart,
Mother Nature shedding
unlimited patience
Wreaks havoc throughout.
Slaves like bullocks since time immemorial
Under the yokes ploughing the fields,
Often whipped up in the searing heat
By their masters
Robbed of the -
Fruits of their labour,
Forced to starve and perish.
Their rock-bottom patience
Gets exhausted.
Out of anger and frustration
Break their shackles
With uncontrollable fury
like Mother Nature
Rise up in arms and revolt against their masters
And wrest their hard-earned rights.
With dawn of victory smiling at them at last.

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