2020 – Gaia’s Revenge

The world (and India too),

Is fighting the war, unforeseen

Against a sub-microscopic army

That keeps multiplying,

By every passing moment:

Against whom

All the lethal weapons

In the arsenals

Of all the nations combined

Are useless;

And the military helpless,

The governments at loss

And the politicos silent;

The businesses suffer.

When the larger chunks

Of people

Have lost their breads

And their homes, and honour;

And are running

From pillars to post.

The urban folks

At large,

Sit at home – restless,

Angry, deprived , desperate:

But, safe (?)

While,

The medicos do fight,

At the front –

They win

Some of the battles,

while losing others;

And losing their lives,

In the course.

It seems

Inflated human arrogance,

Will be humbled

By Gaia,

And will be shown its place!

                                  13th April, 2020