Foreword: “I had authored this sonnet, back in my school days and am still fond of it!”
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As I wandered in the garden of the Almighty,
I am across a beautiful scenery,

there were birds, flowers and trees thriving happily,
they stayed together day and night, in peace and harmony;

As I moved further, a dark speck was seen by me,
the dark speck was a man ruining this scenery;

I could hear the birds fleeing and the pleading trees,
The cruel man was destroying life, under the pretext of his needs;

I prayed to God to stop this unkind and cruel act,
to save the future and to save the man-nature pact.

In the morn when I awoke, it was just a dream,
that got me thinking “how was man so selfish and so mean ?”

though a dream it was, but had taught a vital lesson to me,
So O Nature, I promise never to harm thee !

- Abhishek V. Potnis