The State Of Our Global Health Poem by Tushar Ray

Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace Prize winner
For the year, two thousand and four
An environmentalist from remote Kenya
Said in a soulful voice from her self-realized soul
So that all eager souls can hear it loud and clear:
'We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds
And in the process heal our own,
Indeed, to embrace the entire creation
In all its diversity, beauty and wonder, '
And, what a discreet declaration we did finally hear
From a recognized world thinker
At a time of materialistic impatience lacking due ponder
It does ring like a lulling music to numerous ears

Many of us hear Earth’s cry owing to her grave wounds
But can’t articulate in the way Wangari Maathai did
Yet mother Earth does speak out to our heart
Only the compassionate souls do have the ear to hear

In fact, Mother Earth is groaning in pain
From centuries of neglect by her very own children
Whom she has been nourishing with all she has got
Yet can’t meet their endless selfish demands
Demanding more and more from her limited resource
Yet she is still carrying on as all mothers do
At the expense of her own health creating happiness for us
Hence, suffering all the time in pain
As she can’t replenish her reserve the way she wants to

This imbalance is affecting the health of all beings too
From the unicellular to multicellular to all humans
Creating rare diseases, aberrations and extinctions
That we do see now all over the world
Because when we go against the will of Mother Nature
There is no other way for us but to suffer
And as we reach the extreme limit as we have now
Her ecological health is truly in grave danger
So bad that she needs our concerted efforts in this endeavor
Ensuring all of us across the globe working for her together

It seems though we have reached the rock bottom, at last
The way to our survival now is to go upward or perish
So let’s resolve today not to make this an end of our journey
But an era of a new beginning for a balanced future
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