You might be wondering why this banyan tree is talking. Well, because it is time to talk. I’ve been in this world for almost 200 years. I was born in the Asiatic cholera pandemic time. And now I am dying in the time of covid pandemic time. Between these two pandemics, I’ve seen amazing changes. I’ve been the witness to many historical incidents. I’ve seen your growth, your developments, disruptions, your success, and your failures…
Ah, it feels like, yesterday, you humans invented your first airplanes. But now, thousands of planes fly over my head every day. When I was born, this place was a complete forest. I had so many friends to talk with. Now, I’m alone. Around me, there are shops, malls, and huge buildings. It was just yesterday, you were arguing whether plants are lives or not. But now, you are developing devices to talk with plants! It feels like yesterday, you people were talking about first space travel. Now, I’m hearing things about living on Mars. You developed very fast! But still, I feel like something is missing. You know what is that? Normal earth. Yes, normal earth is missing. I’ve seen a lot of organisms going missing…. mysteriously. I saw the sky being filled with polluted air and I’ve seen the ozone departing. I’ve experienced the atmosphere heating and I’ve even seen my own friends being cut down. I’ve seen disasters like Chernobyl and wars like world war 2nd. I’ve seen disasters and unnatural changes, as much as I’ve seen good developments.
You know humans? With all the mess you created, I also saw the rays of hope. I’ve seen the departed ozone healing… I’ve seen the people changing- slowly, but for good cause. I’ve seen people making agreements to protect the earth. And several months ago, I saw the earth thriving again. But I think it’s again being the same after lockdown. But it seems some of you learned great values from this pandemic. I’ve seen a lot of good things, good changes. But… there’s a lot to change. In these 200 years, 2 centuries.. I’ve seen you developing- both good and bad. Your accelerating speed is more than before. But don’t forget earth while racing against yourselves humans.
Love,
Banyan tree
Vanya, I absolutely love these posts! Your writing style is perfect and it feels like the tree is actually talking to me <3
ReplyDeleteWay to go!!!
Glad you liked it. Thanks Maith!
DeleteThanks for visiting my blog! This is a lovely piece of writing, so poignant, but with a sense of hope too.
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Oh this is so pretty, and such an important message.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lanie
Deleteyou're so good at it, i mean i was like "WOW, is that tree talking to me"
ReplyDeletesending love and positivity your way :)
Aww... Thanks Smeeha!
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