Up on the jungle legend tree <br />The witty evil spirit* lived <br />Upside down teasing easy‘n free <br />Hung all day long it remained! <br /> <br />He the jungle bound king* <br />Had there no alternative <br />But for free it or bring down it <br />What of questions irrespective <br />It may ask answer them he must <br />True or false crooked they be <br />That should never be his jest! <br /> <br />The king was not to let it hang <br />Head down on the tree all day long; <br />The poor king had a full day’s job <br />Each day pulling the joker down <br />And trying to answer its quests <br />And carry it on his shoulders <br />Until it opted back to flee <br />On his wise replies solidly! <br /> <br />Life bound souls we have options nil <br />Other than to face those wits evil <br />Those questions unanswerable <br />The joker in our mind asks <br />Win or lose carry him remain <br />Through out our life we in vain! <br /> <br /> <br />*King Vikram Aditya during his jungle stay confronts the tree hanging witty evil spirit Vethal that tells him stories and puts testing questions… The wise king out wits the spirit and befriends it to augment his power and royal virtues… Ancient Indian legends… <br /> <br />29 04 08<br /><br />Kesav Venkat Easwaran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-one-that-hanging-down/
