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1) Always we talk about our heritage
great
Our
hospitality and respectable state
Our
virtues, values and nobility seen
In so many
legends and historic scenes
Oh, all that now
just a mere thing of past
Those merits we boast of – we already
lost;
Our
learning made us wear egoistic masks
In dead
routine we live—no noble tasks;
Our human
values replaced by lust and greed
We shrank
ourselves, none cares for others’ needs;
Even in
simple things, show least concern;
Helping
others in need, we never learn;
2) We
spit on roads and pavements—everywhere
We throw
garbage and waste and never care;
We smoke
before others, we chew betel and spit
We talk and
laugh aloud, we need no permit;
Our
children play on busy lanes and streets
Who cares
if they with accidents meet?
Our drains are choked with plastic stuff
and waste
Roads
with potholes and manholes decide our fate;
Bikers ride
on pavements flouting the traffic rules
If you question they treat you
like old fools.
3) New guests and elders we never greet
Ladies and
elders with respect we never treat
We pride
ourselves in making louder sounds
We never
think of others—we cross our bounds;
Loud talk, mobiles and mikes create much
noise
We kill silence and mental
equipoise;
Through
loudest sounds we often display
Our
religious fervor throughout the day
Causing
restlessness and commotion
Is this the
proper means to show our devotion?
4) We waste water as if our own birthright
We never
think about poor people’s plight;
A broad social
outlook we need
To check our
overuse and greed;
Enormous
waste of food we see
When people
party with aggressive glee;
So many items
beyond human appetite
Welcome our
palates with tempting sight;
We glut our
stomachs full and quickly throw
The rest as waste though we fully
know
About the
poor who struggle for remnants thrown
Along with
hungry beasts which compete and groan.
5) To satisfy our
selfish needs we breed
As lifeless
toys poor beasts and birds indeed
Depriving them
of their natural freedom and food
Confining them
with chains and cages crude;
The sick and
old cattle left to their fate
To feed in
streets, a pathetic state.
In treatment of animals we show our
minds
Our sense of humanity lost, being
unkind;
So many species became extinct and rare
Peaceful
co-existence we never care;
6) Corruption killed our human feelings in
fact
Power and pelf directs our every
act;
Our files gather
dust in the office tray
Left to stay
there with undue delay
Till we push
them by gifting staff and pay
Due attention
to their demands and pray;
Our requests
fall on unresponsive deaf ears
Who
understands our sorrows and tears?
Our laws too lazy to
relieve our stress and strain.
Rules are
meant only to extract money and gain.
7) Our boundless greed killed lakes and
trees
Even rocks and hills not left free;
Drilling for water springs under the ground
We left the earth a barren, desert mound
Disasters created by our own hands
Polluting air, rivers and lands
No more pure air, water and abundant green
Welcomes our eyes with heart-throbbing
scene;
An arid congested crowded place
With dirty slums and roads lacking
space;
Let us not ruin this earth that gave us
life
We
ruin ourselves with destructive strife.
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29th July, 2019 Somaseshu Gutala
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29th July, 2019 Somaseshu Gutala
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