Is tomorrow "It"???!

So tomorrow is supposedly the day that the world is going to end.  Amidst all the discussions (mostly mocking the event-that-is-to-be!), I thought it only apt to list out some of the very few things (off the top of my head) that remains to be seen/done/achieved. And should the end really be tomorrow, then they shall forever remain just visions, hopes and dreams!

But just a random thought here – Of course there are things that are yet to be. But if the world ended not tomorrow but ten years down the line (or even a hundred), there would still be things that would be yet to be!!! Wouldn’t there???!!!!!!!

There are so many things that are yet to be!

There is no knowing, what the future holds;

The past is full of stories, tomorrow is untold;

But if, as they say, the end is indeed near;

Then there is reason to now ponder;

For all the years that the earth has seen;

There are so many things that are yet to be!

Life on the moon and finding new stars,

Maybe even settling a community on Mars;

Trivialising distance, nothing too far;

Revolutionising travel, making faster cars;

Discovering and innovating, through science and insight;

Is there time enough so these visions see light?!

A world that’s free from barriers of colour and race;

Where the poor and weak don’t have to hide their face;

Where power lies not in money or might or lineage;

Where merit is rewarded, not exploited and savaged;

A world of happy people, a world of caring hearts;

For a world as old as ours, is that too much to ask?

There are stories waiting to be told, battles waiting to be won;

Much has been planned and said, that’s waiting to be done;

Mysteries unsolved, damages uncared,

Scars and wounds, open and bare

Who’s to answer, who’s to repair?

Is there time enough to heal all that’s there?

Till next time (and hopefully soon!), from slo, it's tally-ho :)

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Japan......Our Hearts go out to you :( :(

26th December 2004 was a gloomy day for the world, for it saw one of the gravest natural disasters of our time....and probably the most unprecedented ever in magnitude. Cut to 11th March, 2011 - 6 years forward - Japan is the latest victim of Mother Nature's wrath.

Our hearts go out to the poor souls who lost their lives and equally to those who live to suffer the misery that the calamity has left them to deal with.Words can never heal as well as time and at this juncture, the only thing we as a world have to offer to our Japanese brothers and sisters is our unstinting support, heartfelt prayers and true solidarity.

On that note friends, I'd like to share a mildly revised edition of one of my earliest published poems ever - written in early 2005 and as apt at this moment.

IN MEMORIAM

THE DEADLY DEATH WAVE......

A gloomy morning it was,
The sun was nowhere to be seen;
The skies were dark and so were the seas,
The atmosphere was unlike it had ever been.

Somewhere deep down,
In the womb of Mother Earth,
Something exploded, something shook
With all its might and mirth.

Those who were on the seashore
Saw it swell, up and close;
But never returned to tell us,
What they saw and froze.

Those who were at a distance,
Saw the sea recede;
It went so far behind,
Its abysmal depth could be seen.

As fast as they could,
People tried to escape.
They ran helter-skelter,
And fervently hoped and prayed.

And then they saw it coming,
It was scary and huge.
Instantly, they knew it was a death wave,
But they had no refuge.

The 'water wall' got closer and closer,
People were going mad.
They knew their end was near,
And they knew it was going to be bad.

The sea that had receded
Came thundering down on them.
Mighty as the death wave was,
Many of them succumbed.

And then it ran into the city
To swallow in its wake,
More people and buildings,
And all that the quake could rake.

Many never returned,
But the few of them who did,
Told us of the torture,
They suffered to have it rid.

For so many now,
Life and survival is a bane.
They lost their family and all they had,
ALL IN A SINGLE DAY.

I can say without a doubt,
The Tsunami that struck
Was a death wave that killed many
And left many more dumbstruck.

And now we can only wish and pray,
That soon arrives a New Dawn;
And never may the deadly death wave,
Strike to fury spawn.

Amen.

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