TOUCHED

 

TOUCHED

 

Books were famous, published,

Environment detailed, released,

Forecast disaster terrain ruin,

Action few and far, in between,(1)

 

Verbal oratory argumentative,

Fathomless deceits, derogative,

Exploitation insane confluence,

Forest fertile land fight intense, (2)

 

Court-room media proceeding,

Futile act forest land receding,

Life as environmentalists fought,

My books were awarded sought, (3)

 

Clearwater, conservation write,

Tomorrow's situation is not bright,

Scarce a drop of water die a lot,

War for water future seek effort, (4)

 

Plantation dire necessity period,

Deforestation, catastrophic odd,

Technology science explored all,

Desert turns granaries time call, (5)

 

Wrote process in detail practice,

Survival of the human race, justice,

Desertification, a death knell, hit,

Forestation, my book describes it, (6)

 

The fight with villagers tribal fit,

Rivalry to river water act defeat,

Arguments shout frustrations,

A life scarred, true motivations, (7)

 

Rural lives are illiterate yet decent,

The spine of the land, efficient,

Looted, exploited by industries,

Losing land water purity series, (viii)

 

Several threats court cases nail,

Village problems blamed assail,

This was a picture, it was my visit,

Wanted to teach villagers to recruit, (9)

 

Nature building, saving the forest,

Water conservation arid arrest,

Grazing land horticulture income,

Financial growth business comes, (10)

 

Socked to watch the empty hall wait,

No one attended the meet debate,

I was in tears knew illiteracy play,

Villagers ignored meetings, disobeyed, (11)

 

Less interested in a mass plantation,

Techniques to suggest cultivation,

It was a disaster, I was shocked,

A few political clouts seen joked, (12)

 

Going back home nearer my city,

It was evening road found empty,

The school teacher with students,

Planting trees at side movements, (13)

 

Watering plants sun was sinking,

Touched my heart future linking,

Looked at the schoolmaster and child,

Got tearful at the sight heart wild, (14)

 

Touched deeply, my professional life,

Looked at the line of trees a belief,

I could well imagine a sequel future,

Children love nature study to secure. (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Touched

Themes: Could understand visit being met

Written: 7th December 2023, Cuttack

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