R A B B I T Poem by RAVIKIRAN ARAKKAL

Sitting on hind paunches,
It bit into the carrot,
Again and again,
With great relish,
As if it was a heavenly dish,
Scampered away
Into the it's homely hole,
At the lightest of footfalls,
Listening with ears,
Without missing any noise,
Smelling into the air,
For an approaching predatoe,
Very fearful with
An all tme throbbing heart,
Running zigzag,
Never giving itself up,
Soft and gentle,
Like none othe animal could be,
Spending a lot of time,
With folded hands,
As if in penance,
For its little ones and family,
Survived a few millions of years,
Without any meat whatsoever,
Rabbit is an example
For us guys how genle
We can be if we wanted to be.

Ravikiran Arakkal