Nature

From the remotest star to the nearest moon
Vast seas rivers streams and lagoons
From the primordial trees to every thing, every grass
They move forever from ports of the universe;
While animals are captives of physical-vital bodies
Humans are captives of their minds besides all these,
Busy running from market to satellite
Busy taming Nature, while it runs
From the twilight hours to the portals of the dawns
On the wings of the birds, as man sleeps at night.
Earth water fire air and space-
Nature is full of force, calm in the face.
Nature acts and reacts according to its norms
And claims humans to collaborate in all forms;
Men of primitive culture, nearer to their source,
Worshipped Nature, a bridge between human and divine force.

(c) Aju Mukhopadhyay, 2010