Crying not only for the lives lost but also for the forest

In the fog swirling mountain peak

Scorching sun light lit the fire

Mountain trekking journey

Turned a final journey for the trekkers

Kuraangani forest caught fire

Crying started all over for the

Hapless trapped in the infernalpyre

I am crying too not only for the lives lost

But also for the precious forest burt

Questions galore on the fire mishap

Why the trekkers chose this time

When the cool mountain turns sizzling hot

Who, what actually lit the fire

With the questions still rankling

Rescue started in right earnest

Forest,police,army and air force personnel

Descended on to the site

The ill-fated forest whole India was talking about

Fires were doused by spraying helicopters

Still some lives lost, many lives won

In the battle with death to live on

In the age of hi tech why not long vision binoculars

To watch over the changing milieu in the forests

In the days of missiles why not a water bomb missile

To shoot them the moment it catches fire

Let the scientific thoughts fructify

Put into action and let the forests be saved
Rest in Peace the unlucky departed souls, RIP Forest

-Mohan Sanjeevan

N.B;- composed with a heavy heart as condolences , poems can't bring back the lives lost and the forest burnt