Phailin

Phailin

P k Routray

A super cyclone, half the size of India

gaining momentum

just in turbulent sea

three hundred kilometer away

is proceeding towards me.

 

The Goddess Durga, our mighty deity

Is on her worship altar

one hundred meter away

Killing a demon

a mother’s power I see.

 

In 1999 the super cyclone

I was the witness of live scene.

 

Coconut trees touching ground

massacres all-around

but grasses happily dancing

my eyes have seen.

 

The loss was ten thousand lives

innumerable trees, birds and animals

loss of 4.5 billion dollars

Yet life has to come back

trees to raise their heads

even after fourteen years

 

Phailin, you are coming with

Still worse form

frowns to mutilate us again

the million poors,

take pity and have mercy

I bow at you with trembling fears

 

I Pray mother

Who comes to bless us

this season and these days

We appeal you

Please spare us from the woes

by diverting ways.

 

Rains harbingering Phailin’s arrival

is knocking all around my closed door.

 

Save us, cool Phailine

We are your children. Hey Mother!

 

 

(N> B- A super cyclone PHAILIN is about to hit Odissa costal district.

Hindus Most powrerful mother deity is on worship as per Hindu calender now.}