Time ticks on,
Days go on. 
We may be at a standstill,
But lo ! Nature is at work.

 

Sometimes creating,
Sometimes destroying 
The sweet chatter of the birds chirping
As also the wail of the strong winds.

 

The bee is on its zigzag zoom
As spring is in bloom
Hopping from the pansies
To the white spider lilies.

 

Even when we stop
The canvas of the universe is changing
A stroke of ochre here, some blue
And a splash of a very dark hue

 

The grey fog is disappearing 
And wise thoughts alighting. 
Hearts are opening,
A belief is emerging 

 

Can we let them be ? 
Let their habitats be ?
Not invade their privacy
And give their rights, some gravity !

 

A pledge, by you and me today,
Of learnings not undone,
A code of conduct, let us sign 
Between nature and the human mind.