The Prince- T222 Poem by sekharan pookkat

I

Ah! Ah! Ah! Sound reflected around
In the deep dense forest
Birds flew away from the branches
And the signal passed within seconds.

Folks of sheep cleared hastily
Herds of basin shouldered and shielded
And greeted their enemy with their horns
Dusty clouds covered their cubs and bulbuls.

He wore a blanket, black and golden yellow
And wandered here and there watched and waited
Calmly and cautiously for his real prey
Found his glory among green guarded berry bushes.

With his typical pink and reddish tongue
Dropped between the combo teeth
And shining beautiful glittering eyes
He paused several times for snaps.

He disappeared one day from the scene
And the forest became empty indeed
Without his hissing noise and loaded paws
That made the forest lively always!

II

He marked his territory and camouflaged
Watched surroundings with his glittering eyes
This seemed at night like a blue star
And others frightened when it moved.

Hunters hesitated to cross his border
And waited for their turn and tune.


The green leaves turned into grey
And quiet flow the river several times
He guarded his territory without encounters
And a royal friendship grew up slowly.

He enjoyed the cold and calmness of the forest
Flora and fauna became close friends
As they rejoiced together in the mornings
And evenings on the bank of the river.

Leaned towards the bed of leaves
When his drowsy eyes closed for a while
But he heard the pressure of leaves
Coming nearer and nearer to the point blank.

III

Hunters One second hesitated to cross his border
But the body line and shooting range
Became one sand same in point blank on that day
And fire passed through his head brutally.

Ah! Ah! Ah! sound spread in the calmness of night
Narrowed slowly and melted in the silence of night
The brutal man yelled happily, loudly on his victory
And cut down his beautiful head from his body.

The golden yellow black stripe blanket
Filled with red spots were laid carelessly
And the river pattered his tail with beads of water
That spilled over his body in utter sorrow.

Squirrels, monkeys, leopards, herds of bison
Gave him a big salute and prayed for his soul
Keeping their friendship of the forest
Stood for a moment like dolls engraved in mud!

Nature has given all and your ancestors
And preserve them for the future generations
The length of red data book is increasing
And the life of our nature is diminishing. WHY?