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Rajan Sehgal Jun 2020
Breath is our vital life force
GOD's gift to take full course
How can it be cut short by a cop?
Such brutality has to stop

I can't breathe is helpless poignant sound
Echoing the call which Earth propound
Quakes, cyclones and Global warming
Earth crying out for its breathing warning

Corona Covid also chokes the breathing
Is this choking a nature's seething
Let us invoke God with divine feelings
Our prayers are directed for humanity healing
Rajan Sehgal May 2020
What has changed in the March of Twenty Twenty
Sun is shining but temperature mild
Clouds appear friendly and provide occasional shower
Trees looked washed with fragrance in the air

Flowers are blossoming showing the nature's flair
Chirping of the birds make morning bright
Animals are having fun venturing in the space vacated by men 's might
Nature is providing them full delight


Alas ! the mightiest species are imprisoned in the precincts of their house
Their might has been challenged by the virus tinier than lice
Saddened by the loss of wealth and jobs they seem in despair
Anger, anxiety and helplessness writ large and showing their fear

Alas! This generation has no memories of the past
They have lived splurging displaying greed and lust
The first experience of the calamity
And they are going bust

Political, business and religious leaders are coming together
Distributing doles to become popular
Because Corona has also shown it is secular
Transcending boundaries  of religion, ***, rich and poor


Wise amongst humanity call this nature 's call
Nature remains bountiful with its total wealth intact
Reminder to the humanity to live in harmony with nature
And This to too shall pass
The poem was inspired during the period of lock down in India for containing the spread of Covid 19.With people inside their homes,suddenly I saw lot of birds around the house and the air quality suddenly improved.

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