From the heart of River Ganga!

With rains overflowing rivers and making them leave their assigned land

There are curses for rivers causing destruction on the motherland

People are accusing nature of playing an obnoxious game

And for the loss due to floods, the beastly mad rivers they blame

As a reply to this, The Ganga, mother of all rivers, smiled and said

“I, too, am scared of being driven away from my very own land

My clean current is constantly being polluted by mankind

And despite their willfulness, reasons to reprehend me, people find

My pure waters have incessantly borne the wastes of every human

Left overs of living and dead are flown in the name of religious devotion

I am contaminated by the polythene bags floating in me

With the stench of dead animals, all I wish to do is flee

The putrid smelling water from the city drains, forms my kin

For the garbage produced by industries, I am the assigned bin

Waters of all streams have been narrowed down to build cities

And humans simply turn a blind eye to their respective duties

When man’s will has been crossing all the set limits,

I am bound to cross mine too, so as to come to terms with it

Humans are tyrant and have continuously been exploiting nature

And to nourish their selfish interests, the environment they torture

It is difficult for me to overcome any sort of hurdle in my way

Yet the cost of their constant atrocities, the rivers have to pay

You ignorant creatures, rivers aren’t overflowing to flood your land

Instead, it’s a cleanliness campaign to flush all the garbage off the river bed!”