Spare The Moon

We damaged Mother Earth.
To the extent of irreparable depths.
It gave us shelter, food, and textile.
But we are killing it slowly, with the speed of a missile.

Disturbing the environment cruelly with greed,
We are gulping down natural resources with an unstoppable speed.
The cries of nature go unheard by our ears filled with earbuds.
With 3D glasses on our eyes, we fail to notice the sea surface full of suds.

We are polluting the pious sea and rivers,
And disrupting the life in them.
Not concerned about anything else but us,
Generous nature has become a victim of us selfish creatures.

The once-upon-a-time blue skies are also not spared.

Clear, cottony clouds they once held.
Filled with the smoke from factories,
The clouds are suffocated by the greedily rising industries.

Nature has enough for everyone, I heard once.
But we humans need everything in tonnes.
Satisfaction is not in our dictionary, for sure.
What nature goes through, we certainly can’t endure.

Animals search for their food.

But we humans search for animals indeed.
Make them suffer for satiating our tongues.
No doubt why corona attacked our most crucial organ, the lungs.

Relentlessly claiming the land for towers,
We are creating hurdles for the flying angels with 5G cables.
Making several homeless,
Can we build our homes filled with peace and happiness?

What not have we harmed on Earth?
From flowers for honey to silkworms for silk.
We separate a calf from its mother.
Just for milk?

After ruthlessly separating a chick from a hen,
Shamelessly we hang pictures of mothers with children.
Along with cutting trees for wood, we run campaigns for saving them too.
When conscience intervenes, we coldly question, “Who are you?”

We live on Earth, claiming everything on it as ours.

Not bothering to thank it even for a second, forget about hours.
Drilling its crust mercilessly for water,
Millions of speechless angels so easily we slaughter.

But what we sow, so shall we reap.
Nothing belongs to us, to own and keep.
We have touched every millimeter of Earth’s bit.
Used, harmed, claimed, and destroyed it.

Our evil eyes are on the Moon now.
Justifying our greed with words like technology and progress.
‘An Achievement’ is just a concealer of our real intentions.
Soon like Earth, the Moon is also going to be a suffering mess.

Leave alone the Moons in the Solar System.

Let us rectify our sins and embrace some wisdom.
Nature will get back to us soon.
We have destroyed Mother Earth, now let us at least spare the Moon.

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