There is only line of trucks till eyesight go.
On the highway, in the riverbed.
There is only sand left in the cauvery river delta.
Sand which spins money and fulfill desires of few
She is born in western ghats
Cities and civilizations have been built on her banks
Poets, kings and farmers have been inspired by her
What remains of her
is a small canal
in which people bath,wash,clean
children jump in 2 feet deep
adults wade around
there must have been a time when
the riverbed was half a mile wide
now its only property of few
who own the sand quarries
centuries old sand particles
are now part of some shaky concrete construction
tell me is nature beautiful in nakedness
or is it in abundance
the more you take away
the less you will have
once a majestic worshiped river
is now a mere canal
for trichy has huge temples
and less river
On the highway, in the riverbed.
There is only sand left in the cauvery river delta.
Sand which spins money and fulfill desires of few
She is born in western ghats
Cities and civilizations have been built on her banks
Poets, kings and farmers have been inspired by her
What remains of her
is a small canal
in which people bath,wash,clean
children jump in 2 feet deep
adults wade around
there must have been a time when
the riverbed was half a mile wide
now its only property of few
who own the sand quarries
centuries old sand particles
are now part of some shaky concrete construction
tell me is nature beautiful in nakedness
or is it in abundance
the more you take away
the less you will have
once a majestic worshiped river
is now a mere canal
for trichy has huge temples
and less river
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