Peasant and his Home

Peasant and his Home

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Harmony with land and woods around

In comfy he sits on a bamboo throne

That grin no green with age

 Instead glows gold from its edges

Ring that fits his nail-less finger wears no diamond

But a priceless love of his queenly belle

Belle of balls is she in her countryside

All that glitters is gold in his garden

Fruits on right and vegetables on left

Crops above and herbals below the bamboo built castle

A piece of land smells fresh and organic

He knows no chemicals that grows the plants

Yet for leaf litters and cowpats he depends upon

Grows for himself and offers the surplus

A penny earned saves his children from illiteracy

Never for once did he looked back

For he knows a man still can learn back at home

He know no pens that writes his story

The pains in itself is an endless epic of life

He wears neither silk nor does brocade his queen

A humble cloth serves all purpose of it

The hills above wears green necklace of wealth

The brook runs clean and fast

Gives no ailment but cleanses all

The birds still have its nest built next his home

They still calls season on time melodious and clear

The twist of the turn happens when

Scientist found gold and coal on his land

He is never happy that money would flow in his hand

With the roar of flying and walking metals

He fears his land would ooze blood in extract of its heart

He fears his cuckoos would fly away in fear

With chemicals and medicines reaching home

He fears his brooks and soil would get intoxicated

With sweet talks of big men now and then

He fears of losing his bamboo castle to strong metal builds

Big man turns deaf ear to his humble cries

The virginity of the land exploited at the click of a button

Bloodstained-lies his trees and plants for gold

He waves his pale hand to state saviors for rescue

But to no avail does curtain falls against his window of calls

In despair weeps his tears from a distant rock top

Looking at his native home turned up-side-down

He calls it the beast of humanity

That craves for gold and destroys his home.