Monday, July 22, 2013

WHAT NEXT!! .... An Environment & Development dilemma


This poem is a representation of the dilemma I face when confronted with issues of Environment & Development.


WHAT NEXT!!

It was a pleasant Friday morning

The bright sun shining

Into the city I walked

Unmindful of the killer that stalked

Axe after axe fell on the tree

Save me! Save me! cried the tree

I was hurt, I was outraged

Within no time the tree would bite the dust

And I stood there, wondering what next!!



Appeared a wise man to speak for the tree

Doesn’t it have the right to live free?

It provides you food, clothing and shelter

Without which you would be a pauper

Convinced appeared the woodcutter
But said I have to wield the axe for survival
Today morning someone lost his father
If it is not this tree, it would be some other
I still stood there as the woodcutter left
Wondering what next!!