Day 14: Mother Earth
Gently lapping and nurturing the kindred
She is usually serene and welcoming
Choppy it becomes when the moon bids
On the shoulders of the beach she comes crashing
The sea gives and gives as much as she can
But cannot take indiscriminate trashing!
Thus, as the sun meets the horizon
And the breeze is sultry and warm,
The glassy sea hides in its womb
Seeds of calamity and harm
The ochre hue splashed across,
Warns of an unsettled calm.
The cacophony of the birds above
Indicates an uneasy restlessness
The eye cannot perceive
Nature chafing at its harness
The innards start rolling
But the surface reflects calmness.
Suddenly it loses all control
Wave after wave and another
The sea’s fury is eventually unleashed
It is partial to none as it rumbles all over
Relentless in its pursuit of prey
To avenge wrongs wrought on it forever.
On and on it crashes unabated
The wounds inflicted leaving all shattered
Shorn of all it had possessed
Humanity stands beaten and battered
Clobbered and thoroughly defeated
Faith, irredeemably tattered.
The predator has now been preyed upon
In the humble justice of order
Men stand bereft of all material possessions
Clutching helplessly each other
The sea returns unrepentant
Finally, it has restored order.
(Written for OctPoWriMo)
Strong words today !
Hopefully not prophetic.
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I hope not!
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I am blown
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Thank you so much!
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So good.
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Thanks a lot, Bojana.
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Vivid and powerful words. It is the nature’s job to maintain the balance.
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So it is and ours as well! Thanks a lot, Sadje.
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A pleasure Punam.
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Very powerful thoughts Punam. But it is also a reality.
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So it is. Thanks a lot, Sunita.
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wow a veritable tsunami of words!
We need to pay heed
of our every misdeed
beware the monster we feed …
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So true, Kate! Thank you so much.
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Oh my goodness–standing ovation from me, poet friend! I can’t even select some favorite lines/phrases to note this time, as each word and weaving is so rich and full…fabulous work!
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Thank you so much for being so generous in your appreciation! 🙏🏼
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You’re welcome–you WOW me!!
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Oh this gave me goosebumps
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Whatever it takes to restore order. I trust Mother Gaia.
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In mother we should all trust!
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Wow!!! We must never ever underestimate the power of the sea, or the power of your words to describe it. I absolutely love this Punam ❤️❤️
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Yes Rachel, the power of the sea can never be underestimated! I have a deep relation with it, though I live far from it. Thank you so much, my friend.❤️❤️
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You’re welcome Putnam, I loved this. ❤️❤️
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Aah autocorrect!!! Sorry, Punam, my dear friend, why will my technology make such mistakes!!! ❤️❤️
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Lol! Don’t fret too much about autocorrect…technology is heartless! ❤️❤️
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Powerstudded.. 🙂👌🏼👌🏼👏🏼👏🏼💕
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Thanks a lot, dear. ☺️❤️🙏🏼
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😇💕
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