Retribute With Ten! Poem by C. Muralidara Kannan

Forced to fell trees to furnish
the fold of palacial buildings?

Or to facilitate the formidable
foundation of roads, tunnels
and bye-passing bridges?

Remember to
settle the account: fell one
and plant ten. No excuses.

Planting suffices not
Ensure maintenance
to prevent premature fall.

For, a forced fall of tree
takes a heavy toll; a massacre of
many a birds and insects.

Smothering act of sinning
should surely be settled with
sensible healing of retribution.