A LEAN ROYAL BENGAL
TIGER IN A ZOO
| courtesy : google image |
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Are those dozy eyes of yours
On the edge of dreamy
Sunderbans
In search
Of your ladylove
Are those nimble magic feet of yours
Dreaming of those flash of lightning
That struck
From the grassy sky
Upon the chital
What daring hands
Could put you under those iron bars
Have you groaning with shards of dream
Make your heart burn
On caged nights
What gruesome mind
Could wean you away
From your mother’s leafy lap
And make you a mere toy
Of entertainment
Posted for Kerry’s prompt Let’s have aConversation @ Real Toads
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A tale of love and sadness.
ReplyDeleteI love the words you play with here, especially in the last half.
ReplyDeleteNice work!
Wow! This is a great response to the challenge, Sumana. It remains faithful to to original in narrative voice, but the issue of captivity you raise is your own - and so topical these days when we hear increasingly of animals being neglected and abused in these prisons.
ReplyDeleteHave you groaning with shards of dream
Make your heart burn
On caged nights...
beautiful Sumana!! I loved the reference to Sunderbans... Cages are not meant for these dreamy wildness !! i wish we knew better as human beings!!
ReplyDeleteWhew! What indeed? From such vast connectedness to the little cage in which together you can speak. How would he answer? Force, I suspect.
ReplyDeleteBravo! I too wish humans would let animals be free~ Your poems has so many wonderful lines~ Wonderful and such a powerful write~
ReplyDeleteThis is written so tenderly...you bring forth the questions that people need to answer with grace. Excellent response to this challenge, Sumana.
ReplyDeleteWonderful--wonderful. I have a friend who visited Sunderbans, but though I've visited India a few times, I've not been there. Very cool, sad--one senses the heat and sadness. Thanks. K.
ReplyDeleteAlas, such tiger's fate in the zoo....~ nice talk.
ReplyDelete… truly makes one think.
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