Cost- Free costly Gifts. Poem by Nabakishore Dash

Nature provides us
air, water, essential elements,
energy and basic needs
to stay alive.
We never contribute
a penny to thrive.

A simple life gives good sleep,
smile, a small curve in our lips
solves many big problems,
befriends even our enemies
are given to us free of cost.
Our biophilia and crave for
scenic beauty fills all
hearts with joy,
we rejoice to our heart's content.

Sweet and lovely words,
humble behavior, laughter,
compromise and forgiving
don't need any penny.
Keep our health and happiness
at the pinnacle, reduce our
medical bills and endear many.

We use commodities of nature,
dump all filthy and left-covers,
destroy and pollute it
in many ways everyday.
Nature has an astounding
mechanism for degrading
material and nutrient cycling
with help of micro-consumers
for which we never pay.

Diamond, sky scrapper, aeroplane,
eye -sight for the blind,
food for the hungry,
proof for advocate,
freedom for the jailed,
votes for politicians
are costly,
depend on need, place and person.
One has to pay some thing
for their acquisition.
High time for us to
be aware of these essential
free gifts of the creator
to ensure good luck to
generations in future
or else our actions would prove
suicidal and the future can not
forgive us for our great blunder.