This is the day when we get up late we sleep even after the sun is up when we dont have to run through the morning hours, when we have a leisurely tea and sometimes even skip our breakfast to have a brunch
This is the day when we read the newspapers line by line, or glance through the classified column, tune to the news channels to get a glimpse of news..
This is the day when we clean our vehicles when we clean our homes.. when we have an afternoon nap
This is the day which goes so fast.. It is over before we realize Where time runs so fast ..
This is the day When the kitchen switches to a more active zone When the kids sleep till they want.. when the plants in the house get some new life
This is also the day Which precedes the weak to follow Which crawls till the Saturday next.. The end of a week as well as the beginning...
We are so tiny and irrelevant Like a speck of dust A fraction of a dot In the vast universe And still we think We are the greatest Fools we are Idiots we are For we are already Cutting away the Very same branch We are hopelessly Clinging on.. We make wars with our own species Leave alone other endangered ones.. We **** kids and women to !make profits We sell arms and hatred At the cost of our own Existence We are the most dangerous species
So don't waste time And we can together Make a better tomorrow?
We run, run and run So madly So mindlessly Forgetting ourselves as well as our dear ones and at the end when we look back we might be alone for we forgot for what we
Isn't this odd That I feel so strange at myself doing things to please others but which I, myself am not convinced enough to make sense for myself? Or...
It stood completely dried Burnt by the fire below Lit by some stupid inhuman man of the remains of the waste generated by him.
It stood so tall and might Housing innumerable nests and birds Cheered by the chirping of the little birds Calm and strong protecting them like a father.
It stood so tall and might Giving shade to those who toil and tire in the fields surrounding Giving them a space to nap a bit during their breaks.
It stood tall and might Giving fruits and flowers to the young kids who passed by Who climbed and caressed by clinging to its branches..
It stood tall and might Loving all, protecting all Irrespective of being friend or foe Offering twigs and firewood to women and poor..
It stood tall and might Protecting from the rains and the sun from the cyclones and dust storms From floods and droughts...
It stood tall and might Protecting so many young plants around Grass and herbs, Creepers and climbers alike like a mother would do to her kids.
But...today....
It stood completely dried Burnt by the fire below Lit by some stupid inhuman man of the remains of the waste generated by him.
It still stood tall with its completely dried golden leaves A few more days or weeks it may stand Before the termites and insects would make it fall down and along with it, years of memories it brightened up All through its life ...