Mother Nature
By Vandana Sharma
Mother nature’s glory
And her simple stories,
My granny used to tell,
Beside the village well.
She would lead us to the mountains,
High above the sky, freely flowing fountains.
Among the clouds we would fly unscathed,
Our imaginations, like fledglings newly hatched.
But, gone are those days of carefree stories,
Nature’s heart soaked in worries.
Man’s relentless exploitations,
Consume nature without hesitation.
Nature bleeds red with rust,
Her crown decorated with dust.
Oh! hear the plea, every nation,
Restore mother nature,
and save every future generation.
Poet and researcher
Vandana Sharma earned her PhD from AIIMS, New Delhi. Poetry writing is her hobby. Her poems (general and science) have been published in various national/international poetry and peer reviewed medical journals. Some of them are Harvests of New Millennium, Sky Island Journal, Rewrite Sunlight Anthology, Ashvamegh Magazine, VerbalArt, Borderless Journal, Consilience (peer reviewed science poetry journal), International Journal of Epidemiology.
