Showing posts with label king. Show all posts
Showing posts with label king. Show all posts

Tuesday, 5 April 2016

ANIMAL KINGDOM (12) Who Is This HE



 ANIMAL KINGDOM (12) Who  Is This HE ?
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Animals were filled with grief and sorrow,
They all were weeping and crying,
To show their love to departed king,
In their own way,they were trying.

The old lion-king had passed-away,
Condolence meeting started in the forest,
Clever jackal was most favorite to king,
In king's lobby,he was nearest-the best.

Jackal wept, and wept, and told the mass ,
How dutiful and faithful he was,
How he tried to give-up his life,
How he was devoted to lion's cause.

Jackal's wife was among the crowd,
Full of  emotions,she was very sad,
For her,her husband was so nice,
Who worshiped the dead,like his dad.

After the meeting,jackal came home,
Wife, praised for his loyalty to the king,
"All courtiers loved and praised the soul,
But you were the foremost in the ring".

"Our lion- king was the great ruler,
All animals were weeping for him,
He will always shine as bright star,
His fame and glory will never be dim."

Jackal paid no attention to her,
He was thinking about the next king-
'-Who would be the next king,
How he will enter his inner-wing.'

'How to manage with all efforts,
How to help the NEW;:hunting animals,
How to praise, every morn and evening,
And flatter new lioness, at intervals.

Kings die but their tail remains,
Jackals jump from one to next,
Their hanging tail is way to success,
Let the dead king, lie in rest.

His wife was talking, and talking non-stop-
"The late king ruled from north to south,
He was noble, he was gentle,he was kind--"
Jackal put his palm on the wife's mouth.

Flash of shrewd smile came on jackal's face,
Then turned innocent,he said,bent on knee,
"--He--he--he--you are reciting my dear,
I don't know, who is this damn HE."
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                                                 (C) keshavdubey
                                                     3-4-2016






Sunday, 28 February 2016

ANIMAL KINGDOM (11) Once Upon A TIME



ANIMAL KINGDOM (11) Once Upon A TIME
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That was an old, abandoned palace,
Inside the hall,on the dirty wall-
Was fixed a dead lion's head,
Whole scene created,a royal call.

The ex-ruler had left that palace,
To let the old palace,decay and fall,
Spider,lizard, and termite all came,
And occupied that ruins-huge and tall..

One dark night,a rat entered the hall,
And looked at the lion's head erect,
"O,king of forest,may I dare to salute,
I am too humble, small creature-in fact."

Lion's head appeared to roar with anger,
As if he would shake the hall,"You silly rat,
How you dare to enter,where king lives,
You will die of terror and fear-I can bet."


"You rotten rat,how you dare to come?
This is king's palace,I am still  the king,
One,who killed me was brave monarch,
My empire was forest, his was human-wing".

The little rat smiled and said in polite tone-
"My Lord;kings,rulers, are not omnipotent,
They become diet of termite, in history-books,
They came,they ruled,they lived, and they went.

It is-'Time',the eternal, and most powerful,
The wheel of Time always moves ahead,
No power can stop it,cannot turn it back,
It is the pendulum,hanging on our head.

Sir, I am 'present',you are the past,
Learn this lesson- with trouble or ease,
O Lion-King-with your kind permission,
May I bite both of your ears, please!"
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                                                                       (C)keshavdubey
                                                                                 28-2-2015
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