Ominous Clouds - Pedapudi Rama Rao

Ominous Clouds

The sky is overcast;
Ominous clouds cast
Their dark shadows
On the face of the earth.
They threaten to strike
The earth with a nuclear
Holocaust, and bear seeds
Of genetic disaster for
Centuries to come.
Will there be the dreaded
Armageddon in which
The earth we all love
Will be laid waste;
And flesh will decay for
Months as there will be
Neither birds nor ants
Nor maggots to feed on it?
O God! The prospect is so
Dreadful that all good people
Turn to you in supplication for
Protection from the dreaded
Umbrella of an atomic blast.
Even as you once saved the
Innocent folks of Brindavan
From the wrath of God Indra, the
Lord of the clouds, by providing
Shelter under a mountain-umbrella,
Please protect us under your
Impregnable umbrella against
All umbrellas of senseless havoc.
(All rights reserved: PG Rama Rao, 2016)