Forest Fire Versus mind Fire. Poem by Nabakishore Dash

Forest fire takes place
almost everywhere on
the Earth.
It becomes an important
news item as people
and properties are lost.

Everyone comes to
know about it within
a short period of burning.
Governments send fire brigades
and other officers to
control the blazing.

But when the mind
of a human being is
set on the fire,
none other than the
individual knows this
for it is a silent affair.


The whole world tastes
bitter and burnt even if relatives
and properties are normal.
Pessimism and agony
rule the mental sphere
resulting in behaviour atypical.

Iced water sprinkling by
fire men fails to
act as extinguisher.
Only psychological counselling
and doctor's help may be
useful to restore.