The rage of the wave
The wrath of the ocean
Swept the sorry nation
To the watery grave.
Roofless homes, homeless souls
Tossed and torn
At the crack of dawn
On the tragic shores.
The cars are in the sea
The boats are on the street
Where the land and water meet-
What Chaos and Catastrophe!
There’s nowhere to run
and nowhere to hide;
Nature’s other side
when irate spares none.
The Whiteman on the beach
Looking for a tan;
The brown man on catamaran
Looking for the catch;
Vanished sans a trace;
All to the water-prey.
Equal on dooms day
all wretched human race;
Water, water everywhere
But no water in the eye;
The tears had gone dry
Lifeless, calm, bare.
The rage of the wave
The wrath of the ocean
Shook the very notion
That Nature man can enslave.
(written on the backdrop of the Tsunami -2004)
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| Photo: Tharangambadi beach |
The rage of the wave
The wrath of the ocean
Swept the sorry nation
To the watery grave.
Roofless homes, homeless souls
Tossed and torn
At the crack of dawn
On the tragic shores.
The cars are in the sea
The boats are on the street
Where the land and water meet-
What Chaos and Catastrophe!
There’s nowhere to run
and nowhere to hide;
Nature’s other side
when irate spares none.
The Whiteman on the beach
Looking for a tan;
The brown man on catamaran
Looking for the catch;
Vanished sans a trace;
All to the water-prey.
Equal on dooms day
all wretched human race;
Water, water everywhere
But no water in the eye;
The tears had gone dry
Lifeless, calm, bare.
The rage of the wave
The wrath of the ocean
Shook the very notion
That Nature man can enslave.
(written on the backdrop of the Tsunami -2004)
Nice photo and nice prose.
ReplyDelete"Water, water everywhere
ReplyDeleteBut no water in the eye"
Moving and poignant. Beautifully written, Ashok.
This is the sad face of nature...your last verse is great ~
ReplyDeleteJust went through your art blog.
ReplyDeleteLoved you poster art work in '97 ... the 'Abstract' work
Very well written.
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading that Tsunami's furu only came to my mind... beautifully written....
ReplyDeletethese are deep words, and I can feel the emotion behind them. thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteyour lines are so powerful and deep....
ReplyDeleteman is so stupid trying to master nature
Nice write up :) God bless :)
ReplyDeleteDeep and powerful... I hope Nature will kinder to us than we are to it.
ReplyDeleteAs I read your poem I could vividly imagine the happenings on that tragic Tsunami day when natures power and fury swept away everything in its wake leading to unimaginable death and destruction.Did not what a Tsunami was till that fateful day.
ReplyDeleteNice poignant lines dedicated to the hapless souls!
ReplyDeletevery true, nature can cause a lot of chaos...
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written. The fury of Tsunami comes live.
ReplyDeleteA wonderfully penned poem, born from catastrophe ...
ReplyDeleteWow! It brought the moment into movement here... well described the disaster.
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