The fish swam at ease Letting the ripples pass The grass swayed In pace with the wind Pebbles and rocks, big and small Lounged lazily along the shore The mountains stretched Unmoving, in green hues Above all, the clouds Were pristine white None knew boundaries Except man Who made divisions
Yours, mine, they, us Relentlessly hammering Reducing mountains to buildings Plundering regardless Of the Cicadas’ shrill warnings Maybe nature finds it best To let man be At another While she waits Until they wake up Find balance And return, chastened To her embrace.
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I saw this image on Sunday Mid-Day, and the connection was instant. Counting on the pen to work its magic. And the family confidently in tow. What follows just wrote itself. Hello friend So happy to see Another who lives by the pen The same family of three too Don’t remember the little one Resting his sleepy head on mine But can’t forget Falling on the road While carrying the older Yes, she too had followed in hope That the pen would feed us all Look at all those people They all see What we have, what we can do But who cares Rarely does one stop and buy What we peddle When we sell one We are pumped to sell the next We know What one pen can do for us Do they? You will make it one day It is written in our destiny The pen shall provide Image source: https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-diary-sunday-dossier-23254015
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