Art And Culture

After Humanity: A Beautiful Poem

Humans once stitched
their names across the sky,
teaching smoke
to replace clouds.

Birds forgot migration,
Whales swallowed cities of plastic,
and forests learned
How to die standing.

But the universe remembers everything.

One dawn,
The wind stopped obeying mankind.

Roots broke through highways,
wolves walked through abandoned malls,
and oceans erased borders
with a single furious breath.

The last human
stood on a collapsing tower
and asked the eagle above:
“Who rules the world now?”

The eagle spread its wings slowly.
“Not us,” it said.
“Only life.”

Sindhu Gatha

Sindhu who has taken up a pen name ‘Gatha” for herself, writes for online and offline Indian publications. Sindhu is an executive member of Artist Club International. She represents Bengaluru zone as an executive member for Creative Women. She dons multiple hats as, chief editor of Kids magazine Champaykka and a member of the editorial panel of KAMA. Sindhu is the Editor of Kavyakalika and Editor of Sargam e-magazine. She is also one of the editors of Sarggajalakam by United Writers, Bangalore. She is a member of editorial panel of Srishti printed magazine. She has been awarded the first prize of Suma Mohan Memorial poem writing competition, Kollengode Ashrayam College organized general writing and Mundur Krishnankutty Memorial Story Award for the year 2021 instituted by Vyaparakeralam.

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