Richa’s Freedom of expression challenge : Revival
Mother earth asphyxiates
held captive in her own home
chained to the callous attitude of man
crumbling under the debris of plastic
gasping for a breath of fresh air
her shrunken and wrinkled beauty
a glaring testimony ,
to her ailing symptoms.
Its time we hear her cries ,
heal her body and revive her soul,
before she succumbs,
annihilating life!
radhikasreflection 
When she succumbs, human race ceases!!
Great message, Radhika!!
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Thanks Indira. I hope the message reaches out strong to all.
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Heart-wrenching! A perfect message in the most poignant words, Radhika! When, if ever, will we learn?
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Sadly I hope we do understand and start damage control before it is too late.
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Wonderfully presented such gravely ignorant ongoing ways.. 👍😇👌👌
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Thanks Debika. I hope we all collectively work towards restoring her lost glory.
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Yes.. We all are a collection of a whole SHE actually.. 😇😇
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Yes Debi so we are. But we fail to see the harm we are causing ourselves.
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Absolutely.. Cutting the branch of the tree, we are enjoying, sitting on.. So silly we.. We know the problems, but no eagerness to solve them..
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And ironically we call ourselves the most intelligent species!
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Yes, actually we all are tube lights.. 😜🙊😂
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Haha , yes 😁👍
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Thanks Deepika!
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This is so raw and heart-wrenching, Radhika
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Thanks Deepika!
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Yes, we need to act fast before it is too late.
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Absolutely Megala.
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A moving poem with a great message…Hope we all are listening and acting on it,
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Thanks Megha. The alarm bells are ringing loud. I hope we heed to it before it is too late.
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Oh yes definitely.Our city declared a plastic ban last month
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That is the call of the hour Megha. In India only 18 states so far have implemented the plastic ban and unfortunately our state is not one of them 😤
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The sooner they do they better it is for all of us.
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I agree!
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A very touchy and moving poem, Radhika !!
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Beautifully penned with a great message, intense, loved this one 👌
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Gratitude !!
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That’s a strong message Radhika …a much needed one …… great writing
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Yes, praying that people wake up from their slumber in working towards saving the earth. Thanks Sakshi.
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Most welcome 😊
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Radhika, a powerful message sent on how we abuse Mother earth with our greed and something that will take years to heal, the destruction of planets and your poetry addresses the anger, sorrow and sorry fate we live in.
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Vishal, I feel all these emotions raging within me when I see the indifference in man’s behaviour towards the planet. I wonder what kind of a place will we leave behind for our kids ?
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So beautiful Radhika!!!
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Many thanks Paulo!
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True words of reality, Radhika and the picture was so apt with your lovely poem. Yes she is dying and her soul is crying we as humans who have cut her to pieces must put her back or she will destroy us in the near future.
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I know and I feel her patience is nearing saturation before she shows her wrath on us Kamal.
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Yes absolutely Radhika. Hope we could save her.
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Amen!
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Amen.
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Powereful! Great message. Hope the world understands
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I sincerely hope so Muntazir!
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Heart-wrenching poem with a strong message!!
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Thanks Kranti!
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My pleasure always!
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What a moving (STRONG) message Radhika! You always hit the nail on the head with your words!👌👌
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Many thanks Richa. This is quite close to my heart and I strongly feel about it.
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What an thought-provoking message –
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Thanks Shantanu!
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My absolute pleasure
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So sad and true. But you know Radhika Mother Nature cries more for us, her lost children. She has survived 4 billion years and shall survive another many billions. If we don’t learn we may vanish one day 😌
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Oh yes, sadly if we continue at the same pace of destruction, then that day may be pretty soon.
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The ancients called the Earth the mother of humankind. Your poem captures how badly humankind is treating her. If we do not change, Earth will be our mother no more, and this should be a warning to us all.
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Absolutely Tom. Even in Hinduism Earth is revered as our mother. It’s time we show her our love and respect and heal the wounds we have inflicted on her.
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She is our mother but we fail to act as her children 😞
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Yes, so sad yet true!
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Perfectly said. This is exactly what we are doing.
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Unfortunately we are!
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Perfect message delivered Radhika
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Thanks Chiru!
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