The Conflict Poem by M D Dinesh Nair

From the times immemorial
All along the paths of
Conflict and Confrontation
We have been,
The humans and the animals.

The thirst, the hunger
And no equations
Leading the latter
And none the former
With the laws made for them.

The Encroachements
are a story
The Entitlements are a need
With the forests renamed
As high ranges of human life
And we have to shut our mouths.

Where is the fence?
Where is the dividing line?
And where is the Constitution for
The animals with no caste and creed?

The Conflict is fleeting now
With a civilization on the brink
Of liquidation for ever
A civilization that has to
Care for a chance existance!
And the selfishness of the youngest
Creature alone counts! 😢