Loving Gestures Poem by Minnoor srinivasan

The teacher wished to
And children went to the zoo.
Fun and fear were in fusion
For a moment joyous confusion.

Kids found frightened at lion’s roar
Birds beckoned them with colours galore!
One of the kids wondered to see
The peacock’s feather joyfully.
Dappled and designed with thousand eyes
The bird was a feast fond and nice.

One wondered what if one can
Pluck a feather from the gorgeous train!
“Don’t pluck the feather from the train
It would harm the bird in pain.
The peacock gorgeous with loving gesture
Might shed feathers full of lustre”,
So a little kid willingly said
“Wait for the peacock to shed”.