Below a spring-blue sky
A cherry blossom grew
Standing majestic in our garden
In a pretty pink hue.
It was home to many
Birds, squirrels and insects a few,
It sweetly fed them at dawn
And rocked them all to sleep.
One day, a squirrel took more than its share
Others chased it down protesting,
This started a quarrel
And then began the uprising
A furious war raged on
With the clouds, birds joining in,
The gale howled on
And so started the killing.
The cherry blossom lost its beauty
Happiness and power too,
It had no water, food or life
It began to droop.
It could no longer blossom for all eternity
Due to the wrath and bleeding,
It was too late when they realised
What craziness they had been breeding!
They lost their families, food and home
For just a little avarice,
If only we humans understood
Wouldn’t the world be amazing!|
Satwika S , VII , Vibgyor High, Bangalore
