The little kid was aghast
"You ate, drank, made merry
wasted precious gas, water, power
raped the forests, shook the balance
now want us to make amends
and pay the price! ”
“You are right son” sighed the environ activist
“We are a failed generation
that destroyed and lived
without a care for future generations.”
“Alas, now
there’s no choice
but to work hard on reversing trend
else flora and fauna, life as we have known it
will disappear for ever
from the face of this planet….
Ps: This poem was recited by me at
the Guntur International Poetry Festival on 21st September 2017
Yes, our generation used the planet as if it was a thing to be exploited to the maximum. The next generation will pay for that. But the next generation is no better than us, I think.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your thought Tomichan!
ReplyDeleteYour observation " But the next generation is no better than us, I think" may be true, yet the fact is they have no role models in our generation....
This is indeed a pressing issue. And how true it is that the next generation is starved of role models... if only we can teach them to look deeper or within.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your thoughts angelofdusk!
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