SUMMER HEAT

POEM

Like the dreaded disease plague hitting a city

and spreading far and wide

claiming hundreds of

thousands of citizens,

…………………..The scorching summer heat

seizes the lives

of thousands of people due to

sun strokes and dehydration.

The wells go dry, ponds

and lakes, rivers

and streams go dry

driving the people to

pray to rain Goddess

to shower mercy on them

by opening up the sky

thereby pouring rains

profusely and banish

the summer sun at least

for a short span if not

a long span

and drive the people

celebrate the monsoon 

by walking, running

and dancing in the

torrential rain as long as they wish.

Mother Nature running

out of the very depth

of her patience

avenge her revenge, anger

and frustration over

the entire land

wreak vengeance for

the ecological plunder

upsetting climate cycle

for the last few years.

Her retaliation is  

so ruthless that

we the people are

undergoing her harsh punishment…..