NATURAL MIRACLE(Poem)

The world’s seven wonders

The towering cityscape and yonder

Vehicles vying for speed with thunder

Lights transforming night into day with grandeur

The masterpiece in paint and sculpture

The artistic yarns woven with splendor

A bouquet resplendent with plastic flower

Crystal urn filled with synthetic perfume’s grandeur

The sweetness of the cooked dessert we go for

Historical and cultural heritage we are so proud of,

They are mere replicas of human endeavour

To emulate the natural wonders,

That unfurl like a magic to spellbound beholder:

The flitting and glimmering fireflies

The dewdrops and icicles reflecting the sunshine bright

Spiders’ pearly web, birds’ homely nest

Vibrant rainbow like the sky’s crest

Redwood towering from a tiny seed

Pearls like dainty oyster’s milky bead

A tiny bud blooming into a beautiful flower

Dark grey clouds melting into life giving shower

Earthy sculptures created by the wind and water

The Sun, the moon and the stars-

Seem etched in the sky forever.

Majestic range of snow-capped mountains

Tall and grand waterfalls; cool, shaded glens

Eggs transforming into beautiful chicks, then hens

A gluttonous caterpillar metamorphosing

Into a beautiful flitting butterfly

Marvelous mysteries of the vibrant aquatic life  

Honey, the sweet nectar in the bees’ hive.

Birds in the air and animals in the forests and fields

From a tiny grass to a juicy and sugary sugarcane weed

The hot springs and the respite of a desert’s oasis

Pristine beauty of nature in varied mood of seasons

Beaver’s dam and wasp’s earthen nest

Ant’s hill and an ape’s leafy breakfast-bed

 But the most amazing wonders

Helping me responsibly admire the natural wonder,

 Are the precious gifts of Mother Nature:

Mother’s birth pangs birthing and caring for her child

Father’s industry to feed and protect his progeny

Is really like walking the extra mile.

They have gifted me with:
Earthy rhythm of the heart
In tune with the cosmic rhythm of the mind

My eyes that behold the beautiful sights

My ears that help me amuse

 On the rhythms of nature, a sheer delight

My olfactory that regales me

With the earthy and floral fragrance sublime   

My taste buds that treat me

To the natural nectar of water, fruits and trees divine  

My ability to sense the warmth and softness

Of the place called home and its hearth.

My ability to walk my life’s journey

As one of the teeming million offspring of Mother Earth:

 I owe it all to you Mother (Earth)

Your integral part I am

I am born from you

I live through you

I will disperse

As fire, earth, water, air and ether

-Your elements

At the end of the journey of mortal life.

I was born as a thought

I live my dream

And remain immortal as space and time.