Pause In The Air...

The empty streets, long nights, lonely hearts, mingled minds!

The uncanny, unassuming, unambiguous, unabashed silence.

As if we all are waiting for that long lost childhood friend of ours!

We pause, think for a while, try to make as to what went wrong!

We have raised the bar higher and prepared so well for any war.

What went wrong! What possibly, we fathom what went wrong!

We have conquered nature, we have got the flair, winning we know. 

Have we been away from the silent words of the woods for a while!

Birds have been singing there, we are busy here in our honking cities.

The dance floors are ready with the birds' songs, long trees & sunlight.

The cute little animals break into odd dances, we are busy doing odd jobs.

The tiny river flows across the forest, we have put the water in a plastic bottle.

 

We know the art of adding zeroes to our earnings, we are busy winning.

Miles away, stretches of fire engulf the green cover, it's blazing red now. 

Poor animals are charred along with the leafy green tall trees, none of our business.

We have mastered science now, the stretches of oceans have changed colors. 

The ocean family is at the mercy of our large ships, we throw everything into it.  

We have moved mountains, the large white ones at the poles, oceans are rising.

 

We have reached the space, other planets, sent many satellites to navigate us,

In the dimly-lit streets of a hungry stomach and a broken wall, we find our ways.

The street dogs are awake waging their tail for a piece of bread they get there, 

We have amassed enough knowledge, wealth. Gathering love is a long haul.

Rivers have dried up long back, the fallen trees have come to adorn our homes,

We sip the finest wine from the green grapes on the wooden chair at our homes.

The little squirrels are clueless of their homes, we have cut them to our needs.

With bigger houses of clean air &comfort, we don't have time for these tiny ones.   

The earth, the air, the woods, the colors, the trees, the soil, the little poor animals, 

the birds, they love us in abundance, little do they expect in return, they can't speak.

We have never thought about them, we fake emotions, we put them into the cage. 

Lock them as we wish. It’s time we pause, love them back, we need them more.

 

We have earned a rich world & a poor planet with our diligence, every single day.

It’s time we chose redemption, love; see the vivid colors, the morning sky offers.

The bright sun selflessly giving us the light of life, the trees and plants feeding us. 

Let’s plant a seed, water it, play with the soil, the myriad colors of the butterfly. 

Let’s embrace the nature, let's make them our purpose, let's repair the only earth. 

Make the tiny animals our family, make the air fresh with love, resolve to redeem.