Memoirs Of Love Poem by RAMESAN V P

AS HE STEPPED UPON STEPS
OF THE BAMBOO LADDER TO HIS ABODE AT TREE TOP
HE LOOKED BACK ASIF
HE HEARD THE CALL OF HIS LOVE
WHOM HE LOST BEFORE A DASHING
BULL THAT GORED HER TO DEATH
HE TRAPPED THE WILD HEN
THE RABBIT, THE SQUIRREL AND FISH
THAT SWINGS UP THE STREAM SURFACE
AND COOKED THEM IN WILD FIRE
AND ATE ALONE WITH NONE TO SHARE
WHEN THE CHIRPING CHATTERING BIRDS
OF DAWNS AWAKEN HIM
HE LOOK DOWNS TO SEE THE BAMBOO LADDER
THAT OFTEN SMASHED BY WILD ELEPHANTS
WITH THE TRUNK AND ATE.
IN SLUMBER HE WOKE UP
BY THE SHAKE OF THE TREE
SHOCKED THE ELEPHANTS IN MUSTH
OFTEN HE WAS DRIVEN BY CHEETAH
THE TIGER, THE LION AND BUFFALO
DRIVE HIM LIKE A SPEEDING WIND
TO CLIMB AND TO HIDE IN HIS HAVEN
HE LONGED HIS DAUGHTER
TO COME AND TAKE HIM
TO THE VILLAGE THEY DWELL
AT THIS DAYS OF DUSK IN LIFE
BUT HIS EYES STRAINED IN VAIN
WITH NO MURMUR OF WIND AND DRIED LEAVES
HERALDING THE ARRIVAL OF HIS DAUGHTER
HE DECIDED TO RESIGN TO HIS DESTINY
TO BE IN THE NEST ATOP THE TRERE
NOT ALONE, BUT WITH THE MEMORIES
OF EVER LOST LADY LOVE.