Sense and Elements

To swim the tasty oceans

Not the surging tears;

To burn the ferocious flame

Not the aching sorrows;

To sense the enchanting wind

And blow the bugle of peace,

Not the enemies,

Not the warring storms;

To smell the watery Earth to pen your love,

Not the odourless emotion,

Not the hatred,

Not the lurking dangers,

Not the unending fears;

To listen the sweet melodies of the Universe,

And not the harsh beats,

Not the humane less machines;

For Nature is, my friend,

To be tasted,

To be sensed and heart-felt,

To be embraced,

To be listened and rejoiced,

Long as it exists

Within the boundaries of human vision internal,

Before being reined in by the Supreme may be!

Before crossing the limits of the Orbits may be!

Before being engulfed by the darkest powers external, hope not!

By Kasturi Das