... Today, they are enemies

Vamsi Kalugotla // ... Today, they are enemies //
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When he was still learning to do the things
All the Five Elements were his friends

He Slept under the Sky
Breathed fresh Air throughout the day
Bathed in the rivers, he drank purest Water from the lakes
Cultivated Land for his food
Took help of Fire to light his room and cook food
*
Someone told him
That there is nothing in the agriculture lands (Earth)
Believing in that, he ran behind money and rich today
All his life, he was running behind unknown treasures

In the end, his plate was empty and he was starving
And, the day when his soul left the world
Earth took him to her lap allowing his body to take rest forever
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Someone told him
That there is a need to occupy forests to build houses
Believing in that, he cut all the greenery
He got to know the relation between the trees and and air
When he had to build the Oxygen chambers

... in those skyscrapers 

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Someone told him
That there is no harm in occupying lakes, river banks 

... and he did so

Today, he found now trace of groundwater levels 

And, with the scarcity of water experiencing 
He got to know the level of harm he did to himself
*
Someone told him
That there is nothing in the Sky except infinite emptiness

He believed so ... 
It's too late by the time he realized the impact on Ozone layer
With the effect of the pollution caused by the industrialization
*
Someone told him
That there is nothing that fire can do
Except serving human for his needs
He got to know what fire can do
When it bush fire burnt forests 
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Whatever he did in the name of development
He gained nothing out of it
Today, all the Five Elements are his enemies