A note from the future.

‘Twas the twenty first year of the twenty first century
When a virus called Corona
Ravaged the entire planet earth,
Each shore and every corner.

The most powerful species,the Man,
Who had plundered the earth and the trees
In a swift stroke by Nature
Was brought down to its knees.

Shorn of all their arrogance
Of being superior in every way,
Humans struggled to keep their kind alive
As the virus felled more everyday.

As the dead and dying multiplied
Exponentially each and every day
They tried everything they could
To keep the pandemic at bay.

Health workers toiled day and night
Beyond what they could endure;
Scientists worked overtime
To find a prevention and a cure.

Countries went into lockdown
With borders sealed and movement stopped.
People maintained social distance
And stayed at home as they prayed and hoped.

At homes they came closer again
Appreciating the work that each one does;
They learnt to live frugally together
Family bonding time it was.

The skies,they turned blue again,
Clean waters in the rivers flowed,
The birds chirped and fauna thrived
While Man was confined indoors.

People united across the globe
And fought together hand in hand
To emerge victorious against the scourge
They had brought upon the land.

They succeeded to slowly bring
The numbers down gradually
And soon it became a thing of the past…
An indelible and painful memory.

A valuable lesson had been learnt
To coexist in harmony with everyone;
That the planet belongs to all species
And Man is master of none!