When an elephant is at the peak of inspiration <br />A simple ant bite sends him home ward <br />Then he becomes the real he <br />Challenges those who have enslaved him and his <br />The whole history of elephant taming <br />Stands trembling as he trumpets. <br />Nothing can put down nature for ever <br />Announces an elephant in rage <br />As he spins his mahout in the air <br />An acrobatic of no return. <br />He then punishes his comrade <br />Perhaps for his inaction <br />By hitting hard on his belly <br />And sending him rolling in the dust: <br />Comrade, you and me ought to be dusty <br />Dust loving and wild, <br />Now I rule myself <br />A real elephant of will, <br />Not the mahout driven fool.<br /><br />Raveendran N.V.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-dear-dust-lovely-and-wild/
