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rainforest...a different attempt
The shallow and dark consequences ofmy fate-
Like being drenched by the boa,
Like being constricted between the cancer and the capricorn,
Before I could realize the disaster, it was too late.
Free fall penetrating the canopy layer-
Fire fragments and flesh for the predators,
Falling beyond the undestroyed greens,
Leopards and jaguars ignored my last prayer.
The moment the forest floor kicked my chest-
Some wild lizards whispered behind my ears,
The black sky wept above and the sun was ashamed to mock,
“Don’t kill the mother earth”, another plane crashed in the rainforest!
Even the nature speaks and that we have to understand through their hints is the basic assumption of the script in the poem. I believe that the last few seconds before death involve some brilliant stunts that jerk throughout your nerves and present you a flashback of your entire life-span, the mistakes that one cannot erase, the human mistakes, apathy, and a sense of apology, some kind of realization that gives you a sense of guilt. The incident of plane crash in a rainforest has been dramatized to contain the one last message from the nature to a dying person who was as helpless as to the site of a forest being destroyed and disturbed by the human beings.
Like being drenched by the boa,
Like being constricted between the cancer and the capricorn,
Before I could realize the disaster, it was too late.
Free fall penetrating the canopy layer-
Fire fragments and flesh for the predators,
Falling beyond the undestroyed greens,
Leopards and jaguars ignored my last prayer.
The moment the forest floor kicked my chest-
Some wild lizards whispered behind my ears,
The black sky wept above and the sun was ashamed to mock,
“Don’t kill the mother earth”, another plane crashed in the rainforest!
Even the nature speaks and that we have to understand through their hints is the basic assumption of the script in the poem. I believe that the last few seconds before death involve some brilliant stunts that jerk throughout your nerves and present you a flashback of your entire life-span, the mistakes that one cannot erase, the human mistakes, apathy, and a sense of apology, some kind of realization that gives you a sense of guilt. The incident of plane crash in a rainforest has been dramatized to contain the one last message from the nature to a dying person who was as helpless as to the site of a forest being destroyed and disturbed by the human beings.
Published 7th Aug 2010
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Anonymous
7th Aug 2010 11:57am
Even without the environmental angle, this is a very good poem, Anando. Chilling and terse and gorgeously expressed at times, and with that brilliant central metaphor of the plane crash. My only quibble is the line "drenched by the boa": I don't think that "drenched" is quite the right word. Other than that though this is wonderful.
7th Aug 2010 12:02pm
has always improved me Jack, and I appreciate that you have pointed me out the vocabulary mistake...I composed this one about two months back, even though I have never edited it. Apologies for the mistake and I will always expect such critical comments from you.
