Woes of a concerned child!

Oh Traveller...
Of roads full of pedestrians and bikes,
Weaving their way through this age of Views and Likes...
Bluetooth devices connected to their ears,
Earphones and cellphones blocking all that the heart hears!

Oh Blogger...
Lost online, oblivious to Mother Earth,
Her beauty clouded by bandwidth and girth,
Of waterfalls and rivers seen only in GIF images,
Smog clouds and pollution blurring our vision in surges!

Oh Environmentalist...
Death and decay, garbage and plastic dirt...
Choking the soil, eroding our land of birth!
Sadly everyone acknowledge, but none has the time
To get down there and do what's rightfully your duty and mine!

Oh Builder...
Come will a day with land laid bare,
Concrete jungles and brick brown everywhere...
Mobiles guiding our way, oxygen masks clad on,
Technology so far ahead but a friendly planet yet to be found!

Oh Sufferer...
Unable to stay and unable to leave her,
Having irreversibly destroyed our mother!
No fresh water left, no oxygen to breathe...
Wildlife long gone, only humans left to seethe!

Oh Human...
So save our planet, while we still can!
Plant more trees, Go Green from now on!
Not just in words, but prove in actions that...
Our heart indeed values where we truly belong!

- A concerned child of a very generous mother!
[Written by Snigdha Mallik]