If we want to live..
If we want to live,
in sustainability we have to believe.
Saint Tukaram’s words are relevant today,
if we listen what earth’s trying to convey.
When a hungry panther forays into town,
and extinct Indian cheetah makes us frown.
When flamingoes are killed in broad daylight,
and sooty smog ruins the winter night.
When cement dust chokes our road to office,
and cardiac ambulance shatters the peace.
When the freeway takes us to barren hills,
and the beach is destroyed by oil spills.
When women have to walk many a kilometer,
as overuse by tankers has depleted ground water.
When plastic waste blocks the drains,
and floods claim the roads and trains.
When dumping grounds pollute the neighbourhood,
and pesticides poison our drink and food.
When climate change and heat waves we dread,
and are facing Kaliyug’s darkest period.
That’s when we realize that we want to live,
and in sustainability we have to believe.
Saint Dnyaneshwar’s words are crucial today,
if at all we wish to see the next day..
Atul Sathe © (The author owns the copyright and can be contacted at atulsathe@yahoo.com )
in sustainability we have to believe.
Saint Tukaram’s words are relevant today,
if we listen what earth’s trying to convey.
When a hungry panther forays into town,
and extinct Indian cheetah makes us frown.
When flamingoes are killed in broad daylight,
and sooty smog ruins the winter night.
When cement dust chokes our road to office,
and cardiac ambulance shatters the peace.
When the freeway takes us to barren hills,
and the beach is destroyed by oil spills.
When women have to walk many a kilometer,
as overuse by tankers has depleted ground water.
When plastic waste blocks the drains,
and floods claim the roads and trains.
When dumping grounds pollute the neighbourhood,
and pesticides poison our drink and food.
When climate change and heat waves we dread,
and are facing Kaliyug’s darkest period.
That’s when we realize that we want to live,
and in sustainability we have to believe.
Saint Dnyaneshwar’s words are crucial today,
if at all we wish to see the next day..
Atul Sathe © (The author owns the copyright and can be contacted at atulsathe@yahoo.com )
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