BALLAD
The Earth And We
In the glory of the land, humankind withstands.
It’s about the place we live The hour we dedicate To the ambiance, we breathe Culminating a song with the trees To the land of our “Survival.” The gratitude of note to our Mother Earth On this dearly — Earth Day!
There’s a sense of belonging to Earth To a heart thriving, a Life thumping on earthly beats To the species quibbling to survive To the birds flying sky high The rivers enchanting the beauty of divine The embrace hugging the humankind Showered unconditionally by Earthly divine Extending gratitude of peace On this dearly — Earth Day!
The warmth showered by heavenly The grace beautifying the nature The journey adored by the Earth To the very soil, clouds, air, and weather.
A Lively Earth — blessing life of survival Right from the air we breathe Till we complete the life cycle A journey treasured to completion Showering gratitude of affection On this dearly — Earth Day!
To the footsteps, we lead To the footprints left behind The Earth crowns a tale of feathers It knows not the path to destruction Only thrives on the art of giving abundance.
To convey deep-rooted meaning Glorifying Life with teachings To instill faith — affection — to beliefs in forgiving And yet the quench of the Earth never dies To leave behind ingenious preaching Extending gratitude of humbleness On this dearly — Earth Day!
Not to be taken for granted Our very Earth on Earth hour It deserves applauds for the memories it lays To the life it enriches To the air, it purifies To the rivers it mirrors To the mountains, it mystifies To the flowers, it blooms To the histories, it survives A never-ending tale of the earthly cycle Envisioning gratitude of hope On this dearly — Earth Day!
To the time it counters a ray of grim It resurges with a lantern of revival With every count of fleeting time Earth strikes not a zest in quitting Penchants theory of success and trials.
To the life given to us by our Earth Let’s equally reflect on life To nature with compassion To its myriads of creations To the never-ending story of the earthly divine.
A Gratitude to Bow To the land of Paradise — Giving heavenly time to Life’s creative array Standing in unison to accolade earthly glory To our Mother Earth To the Life evolved beyond any theory!
Fortunate, are we, the human species. We at the wholesome level thrive on nature’s support to live through life. The most vital component and element supporting our biological journey is the air that supports our living system. This atmospheric air we breathe is a gift showered upon by nature on humankind.
Although there’s an exchange of gases, carbon dioxide that we release, and the oxygen that we receive to maintain nature’s equilibrium, we must also remember nature is the sole-bearer of life. It helps in our existence.
For the human groups and other living species confined on planetary earth, the water holds buoyancy in our life. The earth has much water retained. It again stands as the free and gracious component of Mother Nature. Do we exactly know how much water our planetary Earth comprises?
In scientific terms, water comprises about 71 percent of the earth’s surface, and 96.5 percent of Earth’s water is contained within the oceans.
Asides from that, water also exists in the atmosphere as water vapor, in the rivers, lakes, glaciers, polar ice-caps, and even up to 60 percent of a human adult body is comprised of water. It makes humankind fortunate because much of earths water component is nature-given. All of us can afford to survive without social applications or digital platforms but to live in the absence of food, air, and water is not only unachievable but also a thought beyond imagination.
With that, humankind can never exist peacefully in ecological disturbances.
Sadly, the un-welcoming, unfortunate plight of the modern decade is its role play in the sustainable imbalances. By sustainable imbalance, I mean the disruptions in the environment that ultimately breaks the human capacity to thrive in a sustainable sphere.
- Who is responsible for such environment related imbalances?
- Mother Earth? or Nature? or
- Are we the devil’s advocate?
The answer is simple.
The humankinds behavioral tendency to disregard the noble virtues of life, especially those that come free of cost have heavily cost the humankind.
Look around You. Be it the lush green forests, the clear skies, an ecological habitat, from the fragrance of lovely flowers to tall pine trees, to grapes in the vineyards, including the living creatures that survive along. Isn’t that everything from nature is nourishing, yet today the same nature tears apart in melancholic griefs.
We, mortals, have turned so greedy that we ended up crushing nature under our cruel feet.
We think ourselves superior. Even way mightier than the one who actually is the source behind humankind’s origin. And also their evolution. But, we keep destroying nature for personal gains.
The rising need for urbanization has resulted in clearing of large swathes of land. The continuous rise in deforestation activities like the illicit cutting of trees has negatively impacted human-nature’s equilibrium.
To break down into a clearer overview, the human urge driven by monetary or fiscal needs, or in terms of seeking profitability or economic gains or developmental needs, has cost lives, both us including the ecosystem we live. It is why among the rising pattern of human wants, the basic needs are getting impacted and mostly in uneasy times of today remain unmet.
The situation has worsened where human greeds and luxurious demands in their lifestyle have started showing unpleasantry outcomes. The outbreak in the number of diseases, sea-level rise, forest fires, wildlife extinction, land desertification, catastrophic weather events, pollution of natural resources, climate change, global warming altogether messes up with the evolutionary cycle of ever-growing planetary Earth.
Although, environmental catastrophe is primarily nature-born, however, the man-made activities, their continuous drive towards satisfaction of wants by placating the environment have worsened the plight of our ecosytem.
The Earth calls us to show mercy and gratitude. If we continue to harbor traits that, instead of showering peace, bring disharmony, then no sooner we might end up witnessing doomsday.
The recent pandemic episode is just the trailer. Let this be great learning in the continuously rotating earth hour. It is in the glory, harmony of nature’s land, humankind and their future generations can firmly withstand.
