The sun is over my heaving breast, about to
sink into me
The conch shells I can hear afar, seems they
are coming for me
Will this be the night when I die
And will the breeze carry my final sigh
Today is Dashami, the end of a fest
It surely is time to put the Goddess to
rest
All these years, I was her grave
But I am now ailing, peace is what I crave
My arms are shrinking, shriveled is my bed
The belly of the country, I have always fed
But the nation’s thirst how will I fulfill
After my own sons go for the kill
Author’s Note: The above poem has been
penned to highlight the atrocity committed by humanity on the Ganga river
during immersion of Durga idols