3 twenty word stories in response to Bulbul’s TWT prompt : Poison
1. A seed of doubt sprout in her mind, concocting baseless stories. Self-poisoning led to the death of their beautiful relationship.
2. Few religious fanatics with ulterior motives, poison gullible young minds with the promise of heaven, tearing apart the nation’s soul.
3. Callous attitude, selfish motive, reckless dumping of plastic. Aren’t we slow poisoning our planet and digging our own grave?
For eons I lived as a spirited soul
nourishing and nurturing all
under my benevolent grace.
My vibrant persona, sparkled with
an eclectic mix of wild, free strokes
painted my canvas with a rich hue.
I danced in sublime ecstasy, as
floral scented zephyr hummed ditties,
life orchestrated a rhythmic euphony.
Until man came along,
With his bag of never ending desires
he progressed well initially, respecting me
before greed overpowered his wisdom.
He robbed colors from my palette
shrouding me in a smoky grey
casting me in a colorless attire.
His plunders continue unabated
inflicting painful scars
oblivious to my silent tears.
My womb swells with his toxic influx
Isn’t it only a matter of time
before it becomes malignant?
In response to Susi’s weekly haiku challenge #30
Deep rooted lips part
the earth speaks with nostalgia
reveals vintage look!
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!
In response to Susi’s weekly haiku challenge #26.
Narcissist man loots
deaf to earth’s heartrending cries
silent death she dies!
After months of scorching heat, we had our first showers of rain this season 🙂
The parched earth welcomes
bountiful showers of grace
sanguine souls revel!
“How much plastic is in your diet? “Glared the headline in today’s newspaper.
It says that worldwide people could be ingesting about 5g of microscopic plastic particles every week, equivalent in weight to a credit card averaging about 250 g over the course of one year.
The main sources of culprit are bottled water, beer, shellfish, packaged food and salt according to the University of Newcastle in France. Plastic particles have also been found in significant quantities in marine creatures.
Another study reveals that people in many nations eat and drink about 45000 plastic particles smaller than 130 microns annually while breathing in the same number.
More than 75% of all plastics winds up as waste being dumped into nature, polluting rivers, land and the oceans.
In the last two decades the world has produced as much plastic as during the rest of history and this trend is projected to grow at the rate of 4 % per annum.
Isn’t it shocking to read?
I remember as a kid stepping out to the market with my cloth bag, the grocer giving the provisions in paper bags, milk came in glass bottles. Almost everything was eco-friendly. People got things repaired and refilled. The concept of use and throw was alien. Though we didn’t have many luxuries and comforts to boast of, people were a happier and healthier lot.
If we want to remain healthy and save our environment we need to stop millions of tons of plastic that continue to leak into nature causing irreversible damage to all living beings and the planet.
What do you feel? I am sure many of us are doing our bit in making this planet a better place, do share it with the readers at large so that many can implement them and contribute to the cause.
Called a blue planet
majestic aqua oceans
kindling its own symphony
waves ebbing in harmony
with the footprints on the shore!
In response to Colleens weekly poetry challenge #26 – Earth and Water
I have used the synonyms planet and aqua in their place.
Down you fall
from the canvas above
kissing the earth with passion
embracing the parched souls with nectar
carpeting the stage green, for life to dance!!
Know Sidlak:
Sidlak poetry (sid/lak) is a structured poetry consisting of 5 lines with 3-5-7-9 syllables AND A COLOR. The last line must be a COLOR that describes the whole poem or the feelings of the writer.
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