Thejaswini

It is nearing dawn and light is dim I sits in the embankment of this river Thejaswini the river near my dwelling house I likes this river just like my mother who has already passed over to other world This river Thejaswini witness of human migration Their woes, their poverty, and fight for existence Still she was calm and quite in normal days She is angry in rain and flood and we fear We ourselves evacuates from her anger in flood When her anger makes our homes sometimes collapse She tries to teach lessons when we errs Still she helps to maintain our compound fertile The salinity in summer seasons so high in river She likes enjoying sea water from Arabian sea That makes the water lot of saline still fine Varieties of fish and shells catches in summer Delicious to the meals and nourishes our body Oh! Thejaswini we likes you more and more When our longevity of life is shrinking day by day How long I am possible to enjoy your flowing Man's destiny and health having a say its death River Thejaswini how mighty you are in flood It is beyond our calculation sometimes experience Coming like a serpent to our compound and home In full mood without any consideration of habitat The unfortunate ones having no permanent structure Having only thatched roof and such belongings Are the most effected ones in your fury You still continues your journey as entitled But things are not good for your tomorrow Where lot of debris and waste is dumped in you By the present generation without holistic approach The humans and rivers have a history of friendship From birth to death we are dependent to river Unfortunate to say all is not remembered now The silt from the nearby farms and fields Together with the pesticide contents and plastics Oh! Thejaswini you are slowly polluting Your life breath the sand field coverage also exploited However, we love you with such a motherly affection Oh! Thejaswini the river system we pay the respects. I sits in silent meditation before you Praying for your longevity of life upto the infinite.