SUVARNAREKHA! GOLDEN LINE

As the dawn breaks, the sun rays glitter
Falling upon rippling waters of the river
That flows diligently through the heart
Of a town where progress don’t thwart

The shimmering waters form as stream
Guiding towards an unforeseen dream
Of development and progress all over
The places where its approaches cover

Providing a fresh definition to the life
With an escape from quite a few strife
Quenching thirst of each n’ everything
Both the living and also the nonliving

Drinking water and water for irrigation
And to all the industries of the nation
It’s an unrelenting and reliable source
That nurtures life thro’ out its course

But now its own existence is an issue
And its chances to survive is only few
As its embankments are encroached
With it our doom too has approached

Is this what’s called the development
Or will this make us grieve and lament
On our own folly and on our mistakes
That our greed has put on the stakes

Live with nature and let it also live by
Then with our necessity it will comply
Else it’ll be destruction everywhere
Of this truth, it is time we get aware

So let this brook take its own routes
As with it our own existence commutes
For if this golden line will disappear
Then even our own end will be near