C
A L A M I T Y
-
Suresh
Pande (India)
I.
C a
l a m
i t i
e s
Almost
’ll are natural
What
is rational
Past
the magical
Seems
moving
Day
in and day out
Long
ensconced clout
Challenging
the base
The
starting place
Of
the man-made
Colossal
universe.
II.
Now………..!
More
often than not
Panic
heedlessly has brought
To
naught
The
Himalayan rot
Wreaking
distraught
Among
badly fraught
Indigenous
installations.
III.
Sensitively
prone
To
seismic drone
To
tectonic plates
Of
hoary templates
The
spiritual throne
In
dimensions towering
In
chattels flowering
Reverberate
timeless legends
Into
myth-born U t o p i a s.
IV.
Alas!
The
throne
Abruptly
has met
Long
forgotten set
Of lasting hoodoos
Avenged
by Nemisis
For
nativity’s
Talk
of the town.
V.
The hills, the mountains
Deemed to be fountains
Ever growing in faith
Devotion and dedication
To the Lord Supreme
To the God in His abode.
VI.
Regrettably now……..!
Machine
has replaced man
Automation
is turning wan
In
the wake of such a construction
Civilization
is piling destruction
The
sacred pilgrim shrine
Suborning
tourism and crime.
VII.
Predictably the wrath of God
Burst forth to stir the soul
On 16th June 2013
At the abode of Lord Shiva
The Himalayan T’Sunami
To Become a whammy
A well known Mommy.
VIII.
Likewise on 7th February 2022
The Himalayan deluge swept
In shifts abrupt
The whole of Raini—
A lonely hamlet
Amid hills and dales
Same as in Wales
There-- the people
Still get fear and alarm
When clouds roar in the sky.
IX.
What’s more
In store
For natives
Of UK*
For country-folks
The nation walks
On sinking land
Subsidence hit
Flood flit
By dart of waters
Aquifers bursting beneath
As infernos underneath.
X.
The age-old Mulberry Tree
Underneath being carefree
Adi Shankara---A Sage
In Meditation age
Saw a beam of light
To christen upright
The place : the monastry
As an abode of light.
XI.
The tree itself now
Sheding leaves
Auguring omens amiss
For the days coming
On and ahead.
XII.
Who will heal
Restore and deal
The ailing wailing planet?
Local global agencies
With means meta-modern
OR
XIII.
Invisible omnipotent
Unseen drives
From the above
From the beyond
Higher than the
Creation:
The manifestation divine.
*U.K. –
Uttarakhand