Haiti EQ Reminds

EARTH QUAKE

I wish I were a fish; I could swim in water,
I wish I were a bird; I could fly in sky,
I wish I were an earthworm merrying underground.

I was out there, one with the nature enjoying the bliss,
Then came Sun, wind, rain and birds and animals,
Along with the need, greed and fear;

The process created my space, I enclosed myself,
Slowly shearing myself away from nature And I wished
I could live in the nest on a tree and enjoy the freedom again;

I realized that the space I had created and enclosed had
Ritually fossilated into a structure and then the earth shook,
Wind blew, water flooded, fire spread and space merged;

I think I am human and not a worm or bird or fish
Now, I worry about my safety and Sun and Wind and Rain
And Fire and Quakes and Plates and Tectons and what not?

I wish I were a fish; I could swim in water,
I wish I were a bird; I could fly in sky,
I wish I were an earthworm merrying underground.

K.R.Ganesh- 25-05-2001.