<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350602" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>From a beloved mother</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">If you can mine, why should I not </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You discovered use of metals<br>Long back </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your civilizations are chronicled <br>By the unearthed material <br>That was at use that time <br>Like <br>Stone age <br>Iron age <br>Copper age</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was happy initially as <br>You were exploring me <br>With an attempt to extract minerals <br>For the use of common man<br>But now <br>You may not know <br>I am threatened by your <br>Ways of winning minerals and fuel resources <br>And by the quantum of them <br>You are consuming</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You are planning to increase the consumption <br>And you do not appreciate how dangerous <br>It could be <br>What all you did manually <br>Have now been mechanized </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It hurts me, the way <br>You drill, make bore and blast holes, blast <br>And what not <br>Your beneficiation techniques too <br>Devour my precious resources<br>And you have no concrete plans <br>To recharge the resources you are drawing </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I thought <br>Why should I not demonstrate <br>As to how I take out minerals<br>From beneath </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My process is very simple <br>No prospecting, <br>No exploration, <br>No drilling, <br>No blasting, <br>No shoveling, <br>No dumping, <br>No overburden </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With the geothermal heat inside me <br>I melt the matter to be mined out <br>With imbalance created within me <br>By your activities on the surface <br>I build up pressure on the molten material <br>And pump the molten ore out <br>Like a fountain <br>In all directions <br>With no conveyor or other transporting facilities </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know some of you will be affected <br>But I cannot help it </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fact is that you people make me less sensitive <br>To your miseries <br>As you show no concern for me <br>And for the turbulence generated in me <br>Because of your activities </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Remember, the more you dig <br>Bigger will be the fountain <br>Larger will be the quantum </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If you can mine, why should I not </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your beloved mother earth</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350602" data-title="From a beloved mother de Bashyam Narayanan" data-description="If you can mine, why should I not You discovered use of metals Long back Your civilizations are chronicled By the unearthed material That was at use that time Like Stone age Iron age Copper age I was happy initially as You were explori..."></div> </div> </div>

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