Monday, June 14, 2010

Colours of Earth

I don't listen to God...
While empathizing with the grievances of melting mountains
While cleaning the fishes in oiled seas 

While listening to the weighing sagas of monsoon clouds
While removing the chemical
thorns from the river beds

I don't listen to God...
While cleaning my internal organs with the inhaled air 
While tasting the salt of war victim's tears
While recollecting the names of Bhopal  gas disaster victims

I don't listen to God...
While the breeze over dried crops expanding the holes in my banian, like amoebas 
While painting the agony of farmer's suicides  
While reading their unwritten suicide notes
While taking care of young calves whose mothers are sent to slaughter houses

I don't listen to God...
While searching for the lost nests of birds
While picking up insects for the handicapped birds
While admitting those insect’s kids in orphanages
While patting the heads of thousands of wild animals 

While dropping an ant in its homeland, which mistakenly took flight to another country

I don't listen to God...
While filling the breasts of African mothers 
While helping poor farmers in gathering pesticides 
While assisting a child in separating the rice from soil  
While stitching the patches of child labourer's clothes
While searching for humans in concrete jungles

I don't listen to God...
While collecting the black smoke of development
While bearing the poisonous whip lashes of corporate greed 
While watching the last process of photosynthesis

I don't listen to God...
While writing memoirs for every fallen dried leaf and flower
While sculpting the names of cut down trees and cleared forests 
While preserving those yet to be hybridized virgin  plants
While sharpening the teeth of week seeds, struggling to crack the earth’s chemical surface

PS : Saving Earth is not just saving Green, it is about every colour.

21 comments:

Raji U said...

WOW.. Letting the agony out of you.. I like the way you voice out your opinion..Yeah, god is cruel.. sometimes

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Blasphemous Aesthete said...

True, our Mother is not just a hue of green, She's an ensemble of mulifacet diversity. But then, there has to be a beginning, so let it be Green.

Regards
Blasphemous Aesthete

aayanman said...

Good intense lines.Liked it.

Unknown said...

wow, this is one of your best posts every. it was so riveting and totally captured my attention. you've written with a raw honesty which is enviable..great stuff! :)

Rachana Shakyawar said...

I'm just speechless!
~No word, adjective or verb shall ever match your radiance in lines!

U are true Ambassador for GOOD, GRACE and GREEN!

~Keep the Spark ALive..

Shilpa Garg said...

Brilliant work, Mahesh!!
All the best for the contest!
Cheers :)

BK Chowla, said...

Very nice and beautifully written piece

Siddhesh Kabe said...

PS : Saving Earth is not just saving Green, it is about every colour.

A standing ovation to you boss... a standing ovation!!!

Chatterbox said...

Wonderful work Mahesh :)
Very powerful and beautifully written. The footnote added to the charm of your wonderful post :)

Vibhuti Bhandarkar said...

I liked this Mahesism on the topic. You have sent the message across very well. True poetic wisdomism..:D

Pushpz said...

nice words Mahesh..with gr8 imaginary!!

Beyond Horizon said...

..........thinking 4 words 2 comment on ur colorful words......expressing evry reality....emotions.....I DONT LISTEN TO GOD....GR8 :)

T F Carthick said...

Really strong imagery and feelings. Brilliantly written.

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Anonymous said...

Hard-hitting and profound lines! Very well written.

Roshmi Sinha said...

I'm speechless! How do you do it... all the time...???

Neha said...

nice one Mahesh..a limerick out of this would come out amazing..what say?

Ritu said...

Wow! Intense and tightly worded. Wonderful

Anonymous said...

This is indeed one of your best Mahesh. I loved the P.S the most!! Kudos for writing such a nice post.

Mahesh Aadhya Kalal said...

*** I apologize everyone for the delay in my response .

@ Raji...
For me, god is cruel all the times :)
Anyway, thanks for the pat buddy :)

@Anonymous someone...
Yes, let start with green and reach all other colours too

@ Gyanban...
Thanks buddy :)

@Mehak....
Hey, thanks a lotttt for a thumping response....specially for the word 'raw honesty'.
Thanks a bunchchchchch again :)
wil remember this comment :)

@ Rachana...
Hey buddy.... thanks for all those heavy adjectives and yes i know you are addressing the people i am concerned with , in this post :)

Good, grace, green....it increased my responsibility ... will try to live upto the ambassador tag :)
Intriguing comment indeed...

@Shilpa Garg...
Thanks for the appreciation and the pat :)

@ Chowla ji...
Thanks a lot for the feedback and the appreciation sir :)

@Sid...
Hey buddy....frankly am flattered.
Thankssssssss a lottttt dude :)

@ Chatterbox...
Thanks for taking time to read and appreciating my work. Keep dropping by with your feedback :)

@ Vibhuti...
Thanks a bunch for the pat buddy :)
keep dropping by :)

@ Pushpee...
Thanks for the pat buddy :)

@ Beyond Horizon...
Thanks a bunch for your thumping pat and the appreciative response.
Thanks again buddy :)

@ Fool...
Thanks for the pat buddy :)

@ Deepsspeakingup...
Thanks for the responsive feedback and the pat :) keep dropping by :)

@ Roshmi ...
I wil respond in your blog...
Btw, i do it the same way you do it in ur blog....of course, you do it better than me

Thanks a lotttttttttt buddy for this encouraging response ......wil remember it:)

@ Neha...
Yep, exactly a limerick ....thanks for the pat buddy :)

@ Ritu ji...
Thanks for the pat :)

@ evanesceentthoughts...
Thanks a bunch for the encouraging and appreciative response ...
keep dropping by buddy :)