Moving towards a green future

I want to run away,

Away from this world

Where air is not fresh any more

Where water is not clean any more

Where Roads are full of honking vehicles

Where life is not peaceful any more

Then I turn back and think

Let me give another try

I can’t run away like this

Leaving Mother Earth to cry

She has suffered a lot

She might tolerate little more

Why do we still want to

Trouble her to the core?

Lets help her get back to life

Let’s work to reduce her pain

Lets aim to make this world

Better for everyone’s gain

Lets plant more trees

Let’s cut down on the waste

Lets recycle used stuff

Let’s do that without haste

Lets spread the happiness

Lets reduce the sorrows

Lets join hands together

Let’s create a greener tomorrow.

Binding Differences

One fine day, as He looked from above,

The pride of creation sunk – it was Earth sans love.

The hearts He had paired with skillful similarities,

had converted the art into ugly disparities.

“Let me teach by example”,

He had a brain wave and crafted a pair, to differences engrave.

Such was the contrast in nature and aim,

It almost seemed impossible they shared the same name.

Took twenty one long years for them to meet,

But steel struck steel in the very first greet.

One like the sea, turbulence personified,

The other like the ocean, with calm inside.

One was honest, to the extent of being crude,

The other weighed words to refrain from being rude.

One had a heart as soft as a child’s,

The other’s was pure but far from being mild.

A year passed by as we witnessed in awe,

With differences so stark, how eye to eye they saw.

Anger with patience, hard work with smart,

They balanced the differences – masters of the art.

Covering up for the other’s mistakes,

They set the example – the “Different” namesakes.

The virtue of acceptance – to let differences bind,

And treasure His pairs, was the message to our kind