WILSON COLLEGE NATURE CLUB
A LITTLE BIRD FLEW DOWN TO ME
A little bird flew down to me and sat on my knee
As I was standing alone one day beneath a tall green tree
He didn't beat round the bush He came right to the point
He looked at me in the eyes and said
'Come over to my joint'
So I flew away with him Till we came to an open field
He pointed to a hedge and said 'My home is what you see'
I stood and stared and stared and stood
And I knew something was wrong
For the silver lining upon the leaves was where it didn't belong
So I turned around and told the bird, Something doesn't figure
Do you think you could be so kind as to explain it in good measures?
The bird with a grim look pointed out at a distant row of buildings
And at the yellow smoke that poured from the chimneys and the shieldings
He said my days are numbered for that awful, choking stuff
Comes floating down and gives my lungs a beating far too rough
Lately I have been retching and my head begins to pound
Everything is upside down and my world keeps going round
There's a river that comes flowing from the buildings that you see
It's color, I am sure is odd and it carries mercury
And this killing thing has got into the leaves of every tree
And many friends of mine have died from eating poisoned berries
This field was once so good and flocked with living things
Now nothing at all will grow on it There's no comfort you can bring
For the rain which falls has eaten away the plants which once did grow
And for your kindest information this ecosystem is now a close
Now I don't know if you know about something called pollution
The bird said this to me with a sarcastic look in my direction
'But believe me when I say it has a lifetime guarantee
To send you to your hunting grounds very slowly and very painfully
I stood there upon the field and the bird, he flew away
And a strange kind of cloud seemed to blot the SUN away
I hung my head in shame what else could I do?
I shrugged my shoulder, I was powerless,
So I made my way back to.
- Indrajeet
WALKING ON A HIGH WIRE
Come gather round all my friends, near and far
For, I have something to say,
Sit yourself down, age or sex there's no bar
Black or white, you can stay
The time has come to your weariness behind you
It is time to put our hands to the plough
For the time has flown, and the day will be there
We must prepare for the night will be
It happens so often, the things that we say
Contradict the things that we do,
For once perhaps, we can do without the words
Our actions will bear enough fruit
For the world as I see it is in bad enough shape
And it seems to get worse every day
Disaster looms ahead that we cannot escape
If we don't do something today
We have raped the land and plundered the forests
And snatched the homes of so many
We have blocked the clear and cold mountain streams
We have killed for pleasure so many
To feed our own egos, to satisfy our lust
We have ruthlessly hounded and maimed
For we know fully well that the weak and the dumb
Will not raise the finger to blame
Yet, how can we expect to save our own earth
When of love we show no clue
We show no care for our brothers and sisters
They're a part of the human race too
People are still killed for their colour and their skin
I was told it's a civilised world
A friend of mine's been searching for a heart of gold
He's not found it, now he's getting old
Well, you can call me religious and all the names you can think of
You can call me whatever you may
Truth is eternal and cannot be hidden
You can't change what I've got to say
We must break up our heart, we must reach out our hands
For the sake of the one's to come
Times been changing, the end may be near
If something is not quickly done
Oh! Walking on a high wire
Oh! We are walking on thin ice
- Indrajeet
LITTLE BIRD (Epitaph)
The same little bird flew down to me and sat upon my knee
It was just a song or two since he last spoke to me
So I sat up for a little while and I gaped at his little head
When he opened his beak to speak this is what he said
My friend, me dear human friend
Why are you laying down there
Don't you know that this world has got a few too many cares
If everyone got to lazing around the way you are doing now
How will this world survive, tell me how
My friend, my dear human friend
Your race is a peculiar one
You say so much, you pray so much
Your doing is never done
You pursue all your shadows without a thought for anyone else
You fight, you strive for a little more
Can’t you see beyond yourselves
My friend, my dear human friend
Why must I cry these tears of rage
You don't seem to know just what you are doing
And you and I and all other beings can live only if we can share
The bird he flew away and I sat up to think
My mind went around for many days
When I tried to mend my ways
I met the little bird's friends
They said don't come here anymore
It was rather unfortunate he being shot by the kid next door
Don't you know that this old earth is only home we have
You and I and all other beings can live
Only if we share, can live only if we care
- Indrajeet