Somehow I Have To Manage … Poem by SRIRANJI ARATISANKAR

Long stretch out field
Stepping forward very fast
I have to reach before the sun-set
On the way a thorny bush created trouble
Somehow I managed…

Came to the bank of a river
Roaring furiously
Neither boat nor bridge
At any cost I have to cross
A withered stem was there
made it boat..
Somehow I managed…

On the valley I fell in the clutch
of a pack of wolves
They were really hungry
Ready to make me their meal
I was thinking somehow to manage
They were very considerate
Only pawed may flesh, left the skeleton
However somehow I managed…

Started walking rattling
Fire coming stood in front of me
He was violently hungry
Then I started thinking
Somehow I have to manage …

The sun threatening to set…
Somehow I have to manage
to reach before the evening…
Somehow I have to manage …