Dependability

The rituals like frog marriage
are no longer used to summon clouds
to drench the thirsty creatures
of the thirsty earth,
no longer is worshipped
Indra, Zeus, Tlaloc or Jupiter,
primitive beliefs no longer persist,
dependability is not in our DNA
we now believe
in our knowledge
and streaming technology,
resources and capability are there
to induce the recalcitrant clouds
to generate artificial rains,
we don’t mind dependability
on machines and machinations…

But we can’t accept
the supremacy of nature, and
keep smiling shamelessly without caring
for the smile of nature
that loses her patience
and takes revenge in her own ways, 
cognitive distortions have sabotaged
this beautiful relationship too,
like all other relationships we have…

Superficial pride makes us artificial
like a medicine that has side effects,
smiling for the sake of smiling
has become our nature 
forgetting that
all we need is nature itself…

–Kaushal Kishore

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