O! Mankind,
come let us contemplate
What is this
miraculous substance that our Lord,
with his ingenuity
created
WATER is its
name.
Out of this
substance of wonder
Gushes the
nectar of life
This very substance
laid the foundation of our creation,
And it has
continued to support our existence.
Such is the
fertility of this wonder called water
Out of whose
womb, spring
Pure and beautiful
is born.
The stream,
crystalline
How lovely
it glides
And winds by
the cot where her mother, nature resides
lending its
glory to the earth's creative side.
The sanctum
sanctorum of the elements it is
Water flowing
in our rivers in all its splendour
Encompassing
a history of glory and grandeur
Water is our
mentor
And yet see
how man- this foolish beast treats it
Dirtying it
in such a wanton fashion.
Water-the nectar
that that gave us our breath,
Has been polluted
too much.
It is ironical
how this wondrous creation is maltreated
And our water
is languishing in sorrow
It is stifled
and strangled by Man's wastes.
What man doesn't
realise
Is that the
water that he defiles
With his nether
wastes
Runs as life
through each of his veins.
And by polluting
it in such a gruesome way,
He is not only
destroying his motherland-the earth
But also poisoning
his own veins
Inflicting upon
himself agony, epidemics and pain
The noxious
chemicals he so ruthlessly in the water dumps,
Are amplifying
themselves by millions to stay
And persist
in their nefarious schemes
To put man
in jeopardy's way.
I weep upon
the future's bosom
Seeing how
mankind spells doom for his own race.
Hope springs
eternal in the human breast
And if there
is hope for mankind
He Must make
a sincere effort
to follow the
motto of "Recycle, Replenish and Revive"
We as citizens
of the world must strive
To give back
to our water ,its strength, its life
By not polluting
this sacred substance
We shall not
throw our sewage into it,we must pledge
We shall not
toxicate it
By the poisons
of our industrial wastes.
We will not
dirty our rivers
Nor violate
the sanctity of our waters
By throwing
our malicious nuclear wastes.
Every drop
of water we shall consciously use
And not one
drop shall we waste
We shall have
to act fast before its too late.
We all shall
have to make a concerted effort
To protect
our waters if we must survive
And help Water-
the Serene and calm element
To rejuvenate
itself and regain its lost vitality
And continue
its legacy of wondrous creation.
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My poem highlights
the importance of the life-giving water, the grave problem of Water- Pollution,
and the need to conserve it.