Elephant Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Elephant, O elephant,
I know you as the symbol of
All goodness all richness
But I am unable to know
Why you have gone to
The crocodile who is in water.

O my dear, it is your goodness
And not the passion of crocodile
That got the winning side
I know you well my dear
You are always in the forest
With the trees and the nature.

You are in truth as you are open
But not the crocodile who is
In water always and covered with
All ignorance and it is the practice
Of the crocodile to kill others
But your nature is to save others.