with reluctance and great sorrow <br />I returned from your fabled lands <br />where I myself led the expedition <br />into a wilderness <br />full of strange civilizations, <br />and beautiful sights, <br />to captivate the heart <br />it would fascinate me to tell you of it <br />this place where giants live <br />where there are beings with no heads <br />a land where the birds, <br />are big enough to carry off your soul <br />and where the snakes can swallow you whole. <br />it is wondrous this place <br />seemingly made of solid gold <br />descend into my tale <br />and let me tell you about the land of love gone.<br /><br />Eila Mahima Jaipaul<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fabled-lands-once-held-my-heart/
