Hopeless Pines

When a pine is felled in the forest what can the other pines do, but rue... helplessly rooted to their spots. They rattle their boughs in scared demur, rock their trunks as if trying to uproot, but all in vain...it is but the nature's rule to stand desolate amongst piling ruins waiting in silence for their turn. But in what way is a common man better than the immovable pines ...walking, talking, eating and sleeping ...yet a vegetable enduring domineering Machiavellians and living like a forlorn human-pine, without a fight, bending his spine by yielding down to ruthless exploitation? ! . (The first stanza and the basic idea of this poem are inspired by a sloka (Sanskrit poem) from Ramayana by Audikavi Valmiki)