HOLDING BACK GOD! <br /> <br />What if, after having created the sky, the earth, <br />and the entire firmament, - <br />And man in his own image; <br />God had decided to vanish on the seventh day? ! <br />Would it have made any difference? <br />Does it make any difference even today? <br />A hypothetical question you might say! <br />But don't we humans still, murder, plunder <br />and rape, <br />At our free will? <br />We have defiled both the earth and the sky, <br />Punching a hole through the crystal dome of <br />the firmament, <br />Damaging the protective ozone layer in outer <br />space! <br />Ushering in global warming with high carbon <br />content! <br />Even the blue sky has slowly started to melt, - <br />Like the glaciers at the poles! <br />And the melted stream of pure blue effulgence, - <br />Comes oozing forth through the poet's pen! <br />As he sits to write with a mixture of cobalt <br />and cerulean blue; <br />Blending the colours of the sea on earth, and <br />that of the sky! <br /> <br />The poet remains both apprehensive and hopeful, <br />That his words would bring forth a change; <br />And some day rid this earth of hatred, lust and <br />greed; <br />Before the colour of his ink change to scarlet <br />blood red! <br />With civilised humans destroying themselves, <br />at their own free will! <br />The poet continues to hope and pray, <br />That the earthlings would perform the long <br />overdue penance, <br />And correct themselves before it gets too late! <br />To hold back God from disappearing altogether; <br />Making Him to relent, to stay back for a while, <br />To give us a last chance, while there is still <br />some time! <br /> <br /> -Raj Nandy <br /> New Delhi <br /> 07 May 08 <br />(Perhaps now I begin to understand why the <br />French Nitzsche said, ' My God is dead! ')<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/holding-back-god/
