In a dark
moonless night,
I sat in a
darker room,
With darkness
shrouding mind,
And thoughts
dark with gloom,
And there
was a flash of light,
The room filled
with a beam,
Culled my
restlessness,
Was it
merely a dream?
Lo and behold,
there was,
A fairy in
my room,
Sacred light
emitting from her,
Killed all
my internal gloom,
She flew and
came near,
Spoke in a
voice never heard,
A voice
sweeter than that of birds,
And sacred
felt her every word,
“Hello my
friend”, the fairy said,
‘Who are
thee?’ I mumbled; stared,
But no reply did fairy gave,
Watched me
with a face so grave,
A hundred
years are all that’s left,
And there
won’t exist a creature,
She warned
me in a trembling voice,
Cause there
won’t be left this nature,
Humans will
finally disappear,
So will the
birds, the animals too,
Death shall
do the lonely walk,
In empty houses,
empty zoo,
If the man
won’t put an end,
To the rape
of dying nature,
He will be
bound to pay the fine,
With death
in the near future,
The time
will come, make no mistake,
There won’t
be any air around,
Life in all
its diverse ways,
Will be lying
covered in shroud,
The time
will come, O dear,
Life will do
the dance of death,
No soul will
take a step, no more,
No life will
take a whiff of breath,
No leaf will
dance, no wind will blow,
No fruit
will grow to be eaten,
No flower
will bloom and smell,
No heartbeat
will be heard then,
No water
will flow in rivers,
No wave will
beat against the rocks,
No tree will
rise, no peak will snow,
The creation
of god will stand mocked,
The earth
will be left to weep,
A vast
wasted barren land,
The mighty
oceans will stay dry,
The planet,
a mass of bones and sand,
“I beg you”,
the fairy did plead,
Save it
dear, if you can,
Or after
just a hundred years,
I will weep
the loss of man,
She turned
around, ready to leave,
But stood
back for I spoke to her,
Who are
thee, O gentle fairy?
She replied,
“I am fairy nature”,
And just so
you won’t forget my plea,
I shall gift
you a precious thing,
Handed me a
leaf so green,
And flapped
her white majestic wings,
Up towards
the heaven she flew,
Unblinking eyes,
I looked at her,
Pinched myself
in disbelief,
I had met
the fairy nature,
And then I reflected
at what,
She had
said, found it true,
If we don’t
stop this lust,
No life in
the broth shall brew,
Visualizing the
future grim,
Worried, I sunk
in my thoughts,
The gloom I felt
was amplified,
Turbulence,
the peace was lost,
Fighting the
truth we all deny,
I fell
asleep, wandered in dreams,
Drifted to a
watering hole,
Covered by
the towering greens,
And thence
came a monsters few,
Chopped down
guardians standing tall,
Poisoned
water, fired din,
Around me
animals began to fall,
I woke up
breathing fear and death,
Brow wet
with sweat, eyes ready to weep,
Promised self,
plant trees next morning,
Determined, I
went back to sleep.
I absolutely love this! Well done!
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