Calorie and Dollar

Calorie and Dollar
P K Routray
To-day we observe the earth day,
with seminars, speeches and advertisements in big way.
Are we serious to save the earth’s ecology and environment,
with its flora and fauna remembering their importance at every moment?
No we are too greedy to forget for our selfish end,
We do not bother as to how the threat to their very existence of life our future generation will defend.
The mineral resources are being mercilessly spent,
beyond our need but for luxury for which we do not repent.
Every second one hundred acre of forest gets annihilated,
Billions tones of carbon dioxide is generated and to atmosphere it is exhausted.
We shed crocodile tear for depletion of Ozen layer,
but we are greedy and comfort loving, hence while practicing we do not care.
We know for certain,
the more energy you spent and lose add to environmental degradation.
Oil reserve will only last for sixty years,
with no viable alternative, but still we do not have fears.
Today is the day to muse and ponder,
“How to save the mother Earth a God gifted wonder?"
Let us promise to shake off our greed to rob the mother Earth,
beyond our barest need for survival and for us what is worth.
As dollar is losing its value over time and energy,
Can we not replace dollar by calorie a measure of energy for our mother Earth’s safety?