Fading World

A poignant poem by Shreejita Mukherjee, highlighting humanity’s destructive impact on nature and the world resulting to a fading world, urging readers to promise a kinder future.

 There was a time when flowers bloomed;

This is the time when trees are doomed.

There was a time when nature spoke;

This is the time when nature chokes.

There was a time when birds sang loudly;

This is the time when they go unheeded.

And this is the sign that we are destructive –

For this is the time when the world will bleed.

There will be a time when this world will lose all its color,

For this is the time we kill it, if it bothers.

I hope it means a lot to you,

So, promise the world that you will be good.