Seeds of Hypocrisy

I look at the sky

There is no rain

The clouds did gather

To disappear yet again

They say it is La Nina, or

That El Nino phenomenon

The weather man and his predictions

How easily does Nature shun

There has to be a reason? I ask

We need to look deep

And see how roots of evil

Entwine us and upward creep

Characterless we have become

Led by those even more so

Yet no repentance, no signs of shame

Alas! The seeds of hypocrisy are all we sow




Author's Notes/Comments: 

I wrote this poem with a view to let my fellow beings realise how far we have drifted from the right path. We have been having almost no rains for the last many months and the reason lies with us

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