This World Is Tied With Lies

Hunting for knowledge in childhood we rise
And we became clever and wise
But if we look back with inner eyes
This world is tied with lies.

poem by Pradeep Mohanty
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United We Rise

Old man cried- let’s go fetch some water
grab a pail in each hand and let’s go.
Very far, to the pond in the holler,
then we’ll quench our thirst with that water!

Everyone today has forgotten
what it’s like to haul water in a pail.
Every farmer now has a pride,
that he has a watery pool, as well.

Oh City Riders! -You must have a green lawn
to keep it looking really good!
The water you waste on that green grass
could be used by the farmer to grow food.

Don’t waste all of that precious water.
We have worked too hard to harness here.
We can’t live without that precious water
let’s be thankful that it is so near.

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poem by Pradeep Mohanty
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