Human civilization,
At the pinnacle of progress;
The pace of innovation,
At an all-time best!
The Chinese –striving to be better,
Than the rest,
While the Americans,
Line up for their IPhone X!
The Indians –aiming,
For the stars;
Meanwhile Italy banks –
On faster cars!
Israel finessin’
Their weapon tech;
As North Korea envisions,
A nuclear wreck!
The world going gaga,
Over Kendall, Kylie and Kim;
And Trump –
Well, never mind him.
But beyond this glamour and shine,
Shall you find,
A world, in which:
The water is rising,
We’re losing our ground;
Spoiling our soil,
Which the chemicals we found.
The rivers are,
Slowly shrinking;
And whatever’s left of it,
Isn’t even fit for drinking!
The carbon dioxide is,
At an all-time high;
With every passing day,
Our temperatures rise.
The atmosphere –poisoned,
By smoke and smog;
Our lungs have already started to clog.
The society we built,
On the ruins of others,
Is cavin’ in;
Karma hitting back at us,
For our own ruthless sins!
Hurricane Katrina,
Which blew off all hopes;
The Japanese earthquake,
Shaking everyone to their very core!
The Sumatran Tsunami,
Which swept away millions,
Typhoon Nina,
Causing losses of billions –
Of dollars!
Yet, we never learn,
Do we?
And don’t dare forget,
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy;
Or, the Dioxin cloud of Sevesso;
For they stand as evidence,
Of our stubborn mockery!
The people are dying,
My friend,
The people are dying!
And everything –
Is fallin’ apart,
Our monuments,
Tearing in through our own hearts!
It ain’t about your nation,
Or mine, for the fact;
It’s about our world,
In which we need to coexist peacefully,
So, I think –
We can do better than that!
- Ishaan Phukan
Libëranté. 