We all spend our days hoping, & even praying, for a better world, where there are no innocent killings, no B&Es, no pain, no suffering, no hunger. But really who are we kidding?
I might strike you like it, but I’m really not a pessimist, I was a real devout optimist who believed in the kindness of strangers & that there was some good in everyone. I believed in the good side of life for a very long time. I believed in “all rainbows & butterflies” like it was a religion. I believed right up till the moment I figured out that, basically, we’re all screwed.
The ice caps are melting, the oceans are drying, the natural fuels that everyone keeps fighting over are close to being replenished unless we find a new power source within the next 30-50 years. & what are we doing? We’re killing each other over oil. We’re killing each other in the name of religion. We’re burning down our own houses in the name of revolution. We’re slaughtering innocent people in public just because their views don’t match ours.
The world is coming to an end. Even nature has started revolting against humanity. The typhoons in North America, the floods in Pakistan, the earthquakes in China, the Tsunami in Japan; these are all nature’s way of telling humanity that it has had enough of our cruelty & treachery. We cut, we burn, we char. How many forests, how many natural habitats has mankind destroyed to make room for multiplexes & luxury housing schemes?
Everything has turned against us & our response is to turn on each other? The most intelligent life-forms (yet) in the world & we have resorted to barbaric practices. Make you feel proud to be a human, doesn’t it?
What we don’t realize is that we’re running out of time. & we’ve put our faith too much in inanimate objects rather than living, breathing people. & this, indeed, will result in the end of us even before the true end comes.
What we fail to realize is that humanity is failing itself & working its way to the bottom of the food chain pretty fast.
What we fail to realize is that we have failed.
So powerful and my thoughts exactly. You have encapsulated the sad reality in this post. On this Mother's Day, as we celebrate our mothers, Mother Nature weeps.
ReplyDeleteHey, I just saw this comment. Thank you for taking the time to read. & yes, it is a sad truth what we ourselves are doing to our planet.
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