Lament of Nature

  - By Pratyush Parashar Das

Her tears long to break through, yet She Holds Back,

The skies grumble under the weight of unshed misery, while She cries, just cut me some slack!

And so She begins Her descent into the abyss of Darkness, where happiness reigns not, leaving everything a mess

Her thoughts are bleak, her heart broken, and she is weary and tired of the ways of men

Alas, she laments, what punishment is this, Creator of Life, that Love sent out shall evermore meet with such strife

Ah my child, the Creator responds, such is the way of things, where each Creation is unto themselves an entire fief,

And so She labours under the weight of her heavy Soul, awaiting that day when she must again feel Whole