An Ode To Mother Nature

© Copyright Renu Vyas

 All night long

A roaring storm raged

It banged its fists 

On my window panes

But as the daylight came

 It subsided

Silently it receded 

And went into hiding

The morning has come 

To spread its joy

I hear a distant chuckle 

Of a baby boy

The sun comes out 

The flowers all bloom

Spreading all around 

Their sweet perfume

Dewdrops glisten 

Like pearls on leaves

A spider works quietly 

And a silk web it weaves

The air is fresh 

In the early morning light

The sky is clear 

Clouds are fluffy and white

Out comes a koyal 

To sing me a song

I could sit still 

And hear it all day long

It sits and sings 

A sweet melody

That fills my heart 

With such rhapsody

Here and there

Fly the honeybees

Humming and buzzing

Between swaying trees

They work non-stop

And for long hours

Hopping and flying

From flower to flower

The cows come out 

And idly graze

Soaking in the warmth 

Of the sun rays 

The sound of their cowbells 

Add to their charm

I am filled with 

A sense of peace and calm

These days we are so surrounded by the urban jungle, the unlimited concrete buildings going up everywhere and the daily chaos of life that we totally miss out on the beauty and healing power of mother nature. Time spent in the lap of nature is time spent well. One cannot help but marvel at the beauty of a single flower, or the roar of thunder, or the early morning dewdrops on the leaves. 

We are so caught up in the daily grind that we fail to notice the beauty we are surrounded with. We destroy the greenery for shopping malls; we chop away the trees and forests for skyscrapers and flyovers and we do all this in the name of development. This poem is my ode to mother nature.