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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