Sunday 14 August 2011

Fukushima 2011

Fukushima 2011
A poem by
Sandeep Palakkal

Man said:
We've discovered science, we've developed technology, 
We've invented medicine. Oh mighty we! We're invincible!
We've ruled the world, and now, we're creating our own worlds!
A world full of amusements, where we're all happy.

As I was watching him with great admiration,
An earthquake occurred,
Which nearly destroyed the world that Man had created.
And a tsunamy stripped him off of almost all his achievements.

Fukushima
Heartbroken, he awaited only for the nuclear explosion,
And, worst of all, the complete meltdown.

He'd science, he had technology, and he had medicine.
He'd created a new world, but
He'd forgotten the best of all his treasures.

He'd forgotten to sing!
He'd lost his poetry!

-Sandeep Palakkal
Chennai

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