Silent Mother

A mother's always strong-willed

She ignores mistakes and

Keeps her lips sealed

Watching us prosper

She rejoices and thrills

But a mother wails for her children

Bellows in agony,

Anger, grief, and pain 

She has to combat each of them

My country's flag

Reminds me of 

The torn loose end of

My mother's saree

An insignia of injury

It needs care

It needs compassion 

Even our environment,

Our heritage and history......

I hear devastating calamities

Disaster knocking on our door..soft & slow

I smell the erupting wrath of Mother Earth

When the siren blows out of the factory

I can predict at any time

The volcanic lava might flow

I can foresee civilization disappear

With the sun descending

Into the distant wooden veneer.

A penchant for advancement

Encroachment into other nation

Is it a sign of progress 

Or Is it a gradual step towards

Annihilation???

In the polluted water, and the struggle to breath

I hear the moaning of the Mother Earth

Night after night Staring at the twilight

The silence of my mother bruises me to the depth

Listen to her...I can sense it's concerning 

Silent hour between life and death...