മാർത്തോമ്മാ എച്ച്.എസ്.എസ് , പത്തനംതിട്ട/അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/Locked in

Locked in                    I sat alone beside the window sill, on the course of a dull day; My gaze wandered lazily till, it stumbled on the deserted lane.  It's been long since I knew this place,  A crowded street It's always been;  But now not even a single trace,  of human or animals seen.  With loud honking of speeding Cars,  and busy chattering people;  The shrill voice of street vendors,  that beckons the needy ones.  Even the trace of small children,  on their way back home from school;  Nor those cheerful giggling as they run-  and splash in the muddy pools.  But now every time I peep outside,  to see those evening scenes;  All I see is an empty Roadside,  For three weeks or more, it seems.  I wonder why I Suddenly felt-  a sense of pride in me;  For all these troubles could not end-  the fire in you and me. Stand united for the ‘Greater Good,’  it's not just you and me,  with a kind bond of Brotherhood,  that care and share - that’s what I mean. The sweet smell of wet earth, and the lovely chirp of birds; The squeak of little squirrels-  on my backyard trees; All these “ new born” earthly beauties- that I see around me these days; reminds me of the moral duties, towards our mother nature due... ആമി മറിയം മാത്യു 11 മാർത്തോമ്മാ എച്ച്.എസ്.എസ് , പത്തനംതിട്ട പത്തനംതിട്ട ഉപജില്ല പത്തനംതിട്ട അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം പദ്ധതി, 2020 കവിത