Wednesday 23 October 2013

elephant ride

the elephant lurches, sways and heaves,
its great mass rolling
in sudden surprises,
the chains on its hind legs like cymbals clanging!

heart in mouth,
i cling for my life
to the rope round its neck!

"Velayudha," i cry out.
"how do i bail out?"

P.S.
mahout Velayudhan,
i have seen,
sometimes even dozing,
over Manikantan,
lurching,
swaying,
rolling
along this very lane.
and i had thought it comfy ride!

*****

2 comments:

rknair said...

A jumbo feeling of awe :)

Haddock said...

Very true, when one sits on an elephant one realises how much it sways.