The Unquenchable Thirst Poem by RAMESAN V P

AS THE FOREST CRIED OUT
WHEN ITS WINGS CAUGHT FIRE
THE BIRDS ABANDONED THE NESTS
THE SQUIRRELS RAN TO RAVINES
THE LEOPARDS, CHEETAHS
THE KING LION AND KING COBRA
WITH THE BAND OF REPTILES RAN
FROM THE WHIRLWIND WITH FIRE
WHERE THE FIRE-TONGUE LICKED EVERYTHING

THE FOREST WITH ITS FEET
CAUGHT BY THE ROOTS BENEATH
MADE THE FINAL CRY
BEFORE BEING TURNED INTO ASHES!
THE BIRDS LEAPED INTO CLOUDS
WHERE MOUNTAIN PEAKS
OF DARK CLOUDS PROTRUDE
LIKE THE CLIFF-LIKE RIDGES
MADE A HAVEN IN HEAVENS!
BUT TEARS SWELLED AND ROLLED DOWN
FROM THE BIRDS ON THE CLOUD ARMS
THAT LICKED THE FIRE-TOUNGE
WITH UNQUENCHABLE THIRST
THE THIRST THAT SEE NO END.