Srinath, how well you captured the dichotomy of Nature! We poetically praise the sun rising and setting, the birds on tree boughs, the flowers blooming, the earth's scent. Yet and always, there is another side to Nature that is harsh and real.

My neighborhood is now home to a fox and her two babes. We ooh and ahh when we seem them. But, it is because of the fox that our ducks are disappearing, either as a meal or escaping the fear of becoming one. We love both the fox and the ducks. But, one survives by eliminating the other.

Nature's rain is often tears.

Thank you, Srinath, for reminding us.