by Shravya Gunipudi
First came the vastly lush green lands,
of high plateaus and smooth plains,
Then emerged clouds in the blue sky,
to nourish the parched earth with rains.
Slowly, small bushes began to sprout,
and the swaying trees soared high,
to fill the impure air with oxygen,
and welcome the tired birds flying by.
Soon the clear brooks bubbled beautifully,
merging with rippling rivers and silent seas,
encouraging the fresh fruits and flowers,
to blossom in nature’s calming breeze.
Then humans descended on Earth,
their progress initially timid and slow,
But as Adam and Eve began to mate,
their population found a way to grow.
Later came terrible wars and bloodshed,
bringing destruction, tears and separation,
The world split into innumerable parts,
and each one called itself a nation.
Soon discrimination started spreading,
with it, caste and religion were born,
This gave rise to poverty and greed,
every trace of humanity was torn.
Every day we witness horrors,
Animals are extinct and birds have died,
Water is drying up, the trees are gone,
Compassion has been pushed aside.
But then life goes on, amidst such pain,
traces of joy and peace can be seen,
The world is one, strongly united by life, by
death and by the journey in between.
But in the end it all comes together,
bit by bit and part by part,
I begin to realise that we are mere,
pieces of Life’s Mosaic Art.
Shravya Gunipudi, a 21-year-old CA and CS Final Student, wishes to combine her skills of accounting with her passion for fictional writing. It is her dream to merge her creative side with her analytical one because writing, for her, is the best form of expression that she hopes to pursue for many more years to come. She has a blog titled ‘Fictionally Inkspired’ (shravyagunipudi.wordpress.com) and a Facebook Page called ‘Shravya Gunipudi’s Inkspression’ where she pours her heart out in the form of words.
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