Earth's Pain
Earth looked up at the skies,
Tried to prevent her tears from falling
Tried to stop her painful heart from growling
Tried to pretend that she was well,
That she only felt like smiling
And shouted out,
Why are you always there?
So silent, so mysterious,
So unpredictable
But so important for me?
Without you, my children would not grow
Without you, my children would remain thirsty
Without you, why, my children would not even have been!
Pray, if I deem myself as being the Mother of all my children
Then, surely, surely, you must be their Father
But then, why do you remain away
Why do you remain shrouded, hidden
And let me do as I wish
Cherishing and pampering my children as much as I desire
Till, jolted and moved,
You only deem it best to thrust calamities upon us all?
Don't you realize that we all need to see you
Don't you realize that we all crave to hear you,
Even if only through mystical means?
Is it the fate you have imposed on all my daughters
Are they to get fooled by your sweet words
Only to have their vision cleared someday
When they shall see, written on their hand lines
That, all along, they had been meant to depend solely upon themselves
Being the strong mother of their daughters
Being the loving daughter of their mothers
Being the capricious lovers men need
But at the same time being the men they themselves need
Being the compassionate understanding the world requires
While at the same time, showing cruelty and coldness
To the betterment of their own kind!
Pray, skies, your silence is agonizing
I know, one by one, each one in his turn,
My children will come to you
With hungry hearts and needy eyes
I know, deep in my own depth,
That you shall love them all!
But what about me?
Am I to keep on existing
Away from you
Away, so silently, so stoically,
As I have always been
As I am doing
As if, I am to accept my burden as if I were being punished
For something which I might have done to you
But of which I have no idea!
4th March 2018
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