
This World of Light
BY MAYA GREEN The Earth, this great EarthIs to be trodden togetherLet’s do it in fair weatherAnd under clouded skiesIt ain’t matter Through tempestuous seasOf

BY MAYA GREEN The Earth, this great EarthIs to be trodden togetherLet’s do it in fair weatherAnd under clouded skiesIt ain’t matter Through tempestuous seasOf

By Maya Green Have you ever wondered,Why the rivulet is in such a hurry;Or the stream gains momentum,As it quickens its way downstream? Have you

By Maya Green We continue to despoil the earthCausing havoc and destruction all overChoking ourselves and othersAnd polluting our rivers and seasGiving way to our

By Maya Green If we consider ourselvesAs being masters of natureWe should then be its stewardsAnd conservators, as well Yes, help save the rainforests!At this

By Maya Green We cannot continue despoiling the earthCausing havoc and destruction all overChoking ourselves and many othersPolluting the rivers and the seasGiving way to

By Maya Green If trees were us,Would we cut them down? If we do cut them down,What does that make of us? Yes, trees are

By Maya Green It’s morning, the sunshine is goneA storm is brewing on the outsideAnd the western sea has darkenedIt’s like — an angry face

By Maya Green I try to listen, only just to understandEven to hear, what is unsaidSo come, sit here beside me, and-I am also all

By Maya Green The playground where we humans playIs fast disappearing, at the end of the dayAs the dusk swallows up, all of the sceneThe

By Maya Green They chase all of the ‘dunya’But of the ‘akhirah’ they wilfully sellO, what a grotesque bargain, indeed Where an eternity, in the