Thejaswini Poem by Gangadharan nair Pulingat..

Thejaswini



It is nearing dawn and light is dim
I sits in the embankment of this river
Thejaswini the river near my dwelling house
I likes this river just like my mother
who has already passed over to other world

This river Thejaswini witness of human migration
Their woes, their poverty, and fight for existence
Still she was calm and quite in normal days
She is angry in rain and flood and we fear

We ourselves evacuates from her anger in flood
When her anger makes our homes sometimes collapse
She tries to teach lessons when we errs
Still she helps to maintain our compound fertile

The salinity in summer seasons so high in river
She likes enjoying sea water from Arabian sea
That makes the water lot of saline still fine
Varieties of fish and shells catches in summer
Delicious to the meals and nourishes our body

Oh! Thejaswini we likes you more and more
When our longevity of life is shrinking day by day
How long I am possible to enjoy your flowing
Man's destiny and health having a say its death

River Thejaswini how mighty you are in flood
It is beyond our calculation sometimes experience
Coming like a serpent to our compound and home
In full mood without any consideration of habitat
The unfortunate ones having no permanent structure
Having only thatched roof and such belongings
Are the most effected ones in your fury
You still continues your journey as entitled

But things are not good for your tomorrow
Where lot of debris and waste is dumped in you
By the present generation without holistic approach
The humans and rivers have a history of friendship
From birth to death we are dependent to river
Unfortunate to say all is not remembered now

The silt from the nearby farms and fields
Together with the pesticide contents and plastics
Oh! Thejaswini you are slowly polluting
Your life breath the sand field coverage also exploited
However, we love you with such a motherly affection
Oh! Thejaswini the river system we pay the respects.

I sits in silent meditation before you
Praying for your longevity of life upto the infinite.

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A poem concerning the river systems.
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