Nature - My Friend
Nature, to me a special friend
Shade and shine and rain afresh
Glade of peace
The sun in strength
The night song in beauty drenched
Beast & fowl in my hand placed
Plant and soil that grow with grace
From them my every need appeased
Even to fulfill selfish greed
The hidden stream, to quench my thirst
The forest green, to eat my fill
A child to her bosom held
She blessed in love - gave of herself
Woe, to me, the condemnable crook
Who in ungratefulness lays her glory waste
If my friend’s heart with fullness gave,
Why? Oh, why, did my human spirit fail?
The raging storm is testament
And so is the whirling hurricane
In her hand, and her creator’s,
is power to purge my covetousness
In her abode my home is made
With her resource my house is carved
Without her help in ruins will lie
My every plan; the progress which I pride
But still to me she bows her head
And the scepter places in my handStubbornly she seeks in me
Justice, kindness and integrity
For my friend
From whom I gladly robbed
It’s time to reciprocate her love
With a healer’s touch
And a benevolent gaze
I’ll remedy each crime
And wipe her tears.
- Carissa Paul
5 comments:
Never looked at nature in this perspective! It truly is our friend more than anything else and like all friends, we should stand up nature too.
Exquisitely written, free-flowing, just like nature herself!
Carissa - such a beautful poem and it has got the essence of real friendship - that is love and sacrifice. Small sacrifices by all of us would definitely bring a change. Let's make this a better world to live in!!!
Thank you all for your appreciation of the poem. The idea is to get us all as individuals to introspect our relationship with nature and remember to protect her as she has protected us.
A poem that is beautifully expressing nature! and superbly written
- With lots of Love from your little sister to you -
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