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The Elephant

Contributed by joydeep_nath on Sunday, 30th July 2017 @ 03:29:47 PM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

With soft, almost silent, steps
Sways the elephant, a generation at a time.
Decked in gold and brocade, the march of splendour.
In awe they gaze at the swinging head
And a flap a moment, two the next, ears

Lord Jagannath sat quite on his worldly chariot
in safety of the mammoth mass.
A tiny sprightly voice spoke up-
carefully perched on fatherly shoulders
Father, who is the priest there swatting the stick at
Who does he intend to hit, us the devotees?
A voice, with aged assurance, answered
He is swatting at the elephant, son, to keep it moving
But I see no elephant? Why is it invisible?

It is not, my boy, for there is none
In olden days, there indeed was one
That drove the Lords van.
While the devotees carry the Lord today,
the priest keeps the elephant marching still
so that you know the elephant still.

Now that I have given you the elephant, son
So shall you convey it to your little boy someday.

While the Lord smiled at this,
quietly trundled the elephant,
A generation at a time.

Copyright © joydeep_nath ... [ 2017-07-30 15:29:47]
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