Family

 

Family

 

I am a tree, willing to give you fresh oxygen, but you are cutting me down to convert jungles into concrete jungles.

I am the Sun, willing to give you energy, but you are unwilling to see me rise 

I am the rain, willing to come as a downpour, but your failure to store me leaves your farm dry

I am a mountain, willing to stand stall, but you are slicing me into marbles and granites 

I am an ocean; willing to bless you with fish, but you are dumping the waste inside me 

I am a river, willing to quench your thirst, but you are draining the drainage in me 

 

We are a family, we are an environment, we live forever, and you are just a visitor

 

We are not asking for a favour; we are silently communicating our pain by sending disasters, understand the signals before we turn the planet upside down

 

M.L. Narendra Kumar

World Environment Day is celebrated annually on 5 June and is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment.