Tsunami or no tsunami

We tend to forget the victims be that it may be the tsunami or generals that are victims of political tsunami and get on with our life selfishly.

Tsunami or no tsunami

The gentle breeze

That blows across

The paddy fields

Pooled with water

Ready for planting

The young roots

Makes fine rhythmic waves

An illusion so fine

Make one believes

That it is the water that moves

But not the thin volatile air

The same illusion

But bigger in dimension

Makes giant waves

Of the mighty ocean

Though,

The waves seem to come ashore

But in reality

The water is pulled

By the powerful gravity

To the ocean deep

Bigger illusion

Is the constant movement

Of the seemingly stationary earth crust

Over the molten lava

Pushing the Himalayan mountain

Up from beneath

With the thrust

Of the tectonic plates

Nobody knows for certain

When the next tsunami

Hits the ocean floor

Making us to believe in reality

How unstable the state of the matter is?

Illusion or no illusion

One would like to perceive

That the state of the motion

Be that it may

Wind, water or the ocean floor

Remain calm and long enough

For us to move in erratic fashion

Letting the volatile mind

Run riot in pursuit of all

The sensual desires

Full filled or not full filled

And trying to achieve

The unachievable

Is the biggest illusion of all

3rd December, 2006