Animal Kingdom (36) Fly

FLY

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He flies high and high,

To the top limit of mesh,

Soft wings strike the bars,

Like a smash of lash.

This parrot is new guest,

Shifted in this cage,

Time will melt all his dreams,

In the number of days,

O dear,forget the sky,

Forget the flight,

Be a beauty,a showpiece,

In shining cage,so bright.

One day,with passage of time,

Age old sun will be new,

Limitless space will spread arms,

Sky will come to kiss you.

You will be free from bondage,

To be thrown out of cage,

Mother Nature will shelter you,

In divine lap,beyond all age.

Death will be the glittering gate,

To enter the open sky,

Death will break all chains,

Then you will fly,fly.and fly.

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                                          =keshav dubey=

                                                5-2-2022

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#ANIMAL KINGDOM (32)Born Free

#Born Free

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The first light revealed to his eyes,
Was from rising sun of the forest,
He inhaled the first wild fragrance,
In lap of mother nature,he was guest.

That baby elephant was born free,
Dense forest was his play-ground,
Protected by his group and kins,
He freely wandered all-around.


Once, was caught in man-made trap,
As his fate was written on black stone,
A few trained elephants came there,
They pushed him to the near-by town.

He faced starvation for some days,
Was punished,was tied with chains,
Was taught,forced to obey commands,
He fought with all sufferings and pains.

Behind wooden-bars.he learnt three lessons,
-Earth awards freedom;and world? Slavery.
Elephant is the biggest enemy of elephant.
Death is the ultimate,easy path, to be free.

After his training,he will be grand elephant,
He may be covered with gold, in temples,
May be a decoration piece,for high ranks,
May transport huge logs, with trunk- skills.

He may be termed as biggest grand animal,
Only,he has to surrender his strength,and brain,
Only emotions,his thoughts-rest doing nothing,
Till death,only to put on, an invisible tight chain.
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                                                 =keshav dubey=
                                                      7-11-2019
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The Civilized Animal

The Civilized Animal
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The jackal created revolution among animals,

He told them,"Poor creatures,you are wild, 
I have seen men in cities- advanced,smart,
Try to follow human beings, like a good child."

"You primitive,cave-dwelling,rustic animals-
Learn manners, etiquettes, and way of talking,
Stop barking,shouting,roaring-without sense,
Stop aimless jumping,learn stylish walking."

He showered pictures of dreamland-the cities,
The sky-scrappers,the jet-age life,the comforts,
Everything neat and clean,all shining bright,
In praise of cities,the jackal spent all words.

In that dense forest,he dreamed of a heaven-
'-No forest-but this is a modern,glittering city,
 Hotels,pubs,bars,club-houses, and in the dream-
Mr.Jackal is dancing with lioness,playing kitty.'  

Animals listened to him,but paid no attention,
Jackal cried-why these fools don't understand?
Why not perish this ugly forest,transform city-
Why not come-to work together, hand in hand?

Jackal decided to go alone-'Problem is the forest',
In one dark night,he went inside dense forest,
He tried to lit fire,to turn the jungle into ashes,
Suddenly,a lion roared and jumped on his chest.  

Jackal said," My lord! Most humbly,respectfully--"
Lion roared,"You rascal,--I know your scheme,
You are burning our forest,cutting our life-line,
 Killing the essence of nature,for your dream."

"I will insert all 'manners,courtesy,etiquette,polish,
All -thank you,beg you,please,and -so kind of you',
All modern flattery that you have learnt in the city, 
Let me insert all in your stomach, all,that you knew.  

'No mention'- were the last words that jackal said,
Forest breeze washed so-called vision-clever and wise,
Forest was luckily saved, in the lap of mother nature,
Jackal's soul went to heavenly abode- modern paradise.
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