The Molecule Corps Rises !

A billion strong endless sea
with so many
young, old,
men,women and children,
working,
playing,
resting.

And there are those,
who lurk around,
carelessly riding on
Black Avenues
full of rich dirt.

They ruffle and disturb the sea,
followers tumbling in
pretending to clean
but really
cleaning out someone else,
while some
like an evil  tsunami
mess all over
scraping a good man here,
kidnapping a woman there,
filling minds with silt
sometimes,
rendering some homeless.

And the simple folks
remained soaked,
apathetic, disturbed
and what is worse,
accepting
of all that dirt.

But wait,
deliverance is at hand.

Be the Molecule Corps  !!

Mix with all,
Vibrate and disseminate
your action,
shutting up those,
who've avariciously
loaded up on everything
they saw in  front,
as well as those
who aspired to power
and
grabbed at the top.

Shake up,
Churn amidst the dirt,
Vibrate and throw out
all those
blemished folks,
sitting soaked
in their dubious reputations.

Whirl around with energy
and the sea
will be yours
and clean
to enjoy,
once again ,
as
you Surf around and visit....


This  was written and submitted for the The Surf Excel Matic #SoakNoMore Contest  organized by indiblogger and  HUL

Give and Take ?

My blogger friend Harekrishnaji aka Priyadarshan Kale , in between visiting amazingly scenic places in my state and delicious eating places across the state, often helplessly posts pictures of the state of our urban beaches. Crowded, uncared for, and inundated with trash from an uncaring populace, which has no respect, for either the land or the sea, that roars in daily with waves of water, and then kind of slides back with all the dirt....

My friend labelled the picture Give and Take. Yes, we take all the dirt and give it to the sea .....

Some resulting words in Marathi, the King's language & my mother tongue... a rough version in the Queens language follows ....

(photograph by Priyadarshan Kale)

कोणाचं Give आणि कोणाचं Take ,
प्लास्टिक वापर आणि पाण्यात फेक ,
आग्रहाने गडबडीने येतात लाटा ,
कोपर्यातल्या दगडांना सुद्धा मिळतो आपला वाटा,
प्रत्येक लाटेत नवीन फेसाळत पाणी ,
जड पायाने वापस जातं, मुख केविलवाणी ;
ओढत सर्व कचरा , प्लास्टिक नि घाण ,
आमच्या स्वार्थाला नाही काही प्रमाण
वापरा -फेका , काय हे ! येते समुद्राची कीव
शेवटी आमचंच take आणि आमचंच give

Whose is to give, and
whose to take ?

So much plastic ,
for us to use and throw,
and then watch
the ebullient foaming waves,
slide back,
with heavy hearts
and sad minds,
dragging all the dirt
back into the sea.

A selfish people,
we only know
how to take and grab,
and then give it back,
hurtfully,
in spades....