In a forest so dense,
Traversing the trail in the wild,
Trudging where the the erasing path takes me to,
I reach a place and take a breath for a while !
Aghast, I open, my eyes to the scene,
Yellow and black stripes, a canine of dream,
A tiger it was in all its glory,
The eyes of intent, narrating a story
Comes near to me and I freeze there,
The mouth goes dry and eyes are fixed,
The tiger makes a roar,
Smiles and laughs with a groan
The smell of the beast in its purity and zeal,
A helpless creature that I am, stung in the wild,
Begging for mercy to the king of the jungle,
Its tongue licking large all around the cheeks
Then the master speaks with it’s eyes alone,
Groans I do not surmise, the meaning galore,
Shies away from me , twisting it’s neck in a whiff,
Life I give to you and humans, go away from here all so quick
I run forth to the river nearby,
Rapti it is, the serene one of good times,
I hop into a boat and then row fast to the shore,
Where people wait for a coward, survivor and more
En route I speak to the boat man,
Smiles with wry, he keeps mum,
His silence speaks volumes so large,
Writ large on his face, apathy so vast
On the sandy shore, I hop,
And run to the village,
Where people wait with abated breath,
Then I land in front of them, to tell a tale all of shame
I spoke to them of the message I brought,
The jungle king’s groan and the boat man’s moan,
They conveyed mockery to the men of the nation,
Of what we have done to our land impression !
An unwritten letter reaches them,
And my eyes speak to all,
A tiger lets me go and the boat man smiles in mock,
Apathy they had for me, you know folks 🙂
Taken the pristine land to the ruins,
We have dealt blows to all in a whim,
The tiger leaves me alive to tell the world,
A wild beast’s advice of stories untold
And hence I stand, with a new year message to you,
Save your country, save the land,
Merely wishing happy new year seems very bland,
If animals know, why don’t human’s so grand?
The eyes of the canine wishes us new year,
He leaves the killer in an act so kind,
The maajhi sails me to safety, with the mock of a smile,
And says go and give the message many a mile
The new year message to all who care,
Give the space to the wild,
Make the country a liveable land,
All that would make, a Happy New Year so grand !
Composed by Salil Pradhan, April, 13, 2011
Writing with a purpose 