In A Scared And Fearful World Poem by Arvind Srivastava

If our prayers were heard
The sun would not look red before sunrise

The leaves would never turn yellow
Coconuts would not have to hide their whiteness
All the characters of the play
Would have infused soul into the stones
The rivers would not cry
And the oceans would not roar
The words would not become stale and
Love would always be free from the realm of doubt
Dreams would not be dependent on governments
Bubbles would not be born to burst
The murmur of the earth and the language of nature
Would not be included in ordinary and unnecessary things
All the courage of loneliness would be broken

In a scared and fearful world
If our prayers were heard
Then perhaps I would have missed
Being a poet!