The Leap

 

A serpent twined in front of me

Its head hidden, no end to see

As the beast below me wildly roared

Alive again, we hit the road!

As I raced the breeze, it turned to whirly winds

Whizzing past, it seductively singed-

‘Fly! Why take the dust.

Feel the skies, I say you must’

So as the next bend approached,

We bent not and leapt - then downward soared!

I wrenched, I cried, in fear I groaned

The skies shone bright above, I moaned.

It was the end as we know

The burning door to hell below!

Then in a flash, a white stream gushed

And into the currents we were flushed

My hope lost, all spirit drained

I cursed the skies that mockingly rained

The stream I hit ignored my blow,

And coolly carried its onward flow.

Yet, my beastly mate was still determined

And thundered at me for a hundredth time!

Relenting, to its want I rode

This time, over the currents we strode.

As I raced the waters, it turned to rising tides

Standing tall, it convincingly cried-

‘Fly! Why take the rust?

Fight the skies, I say you must’

 

And so as the storm approached,

We blinked not and leapt – then this time, upward soared!

I celebrated, I cried, in laughter I rolled

Over the winds, into the skies we rose.

I have been here for a while now

And from the heavens I see how

The mocking sky and the unyielding beasts

The rivers flowing by and the rising seas-

All wait, for my one leap!

- Gantavya                                                   Photo Credits- Nagaraj

  3rd July 2012