Wednesday, September 1, 2021

The Alarm!


I narrate a story about an ewe,

Who with four lambs, dwelled;

In a dense forest that’s diversified,

And there this sheep, excelled.

 

Whilst going to earn bread, nearby, 

She told each lamb to defend & care;

Alike four pillars; & too gave a bell; 

To ring whenever a knock that scared.

 

Other day, eldest pressed one morning,

She not afar scuttled towards shack;

Infuriated she got appraising them all,

That eldest played a mischievous act.

 

Present day too, alarm ne’er stopped,

She caught the sound, but now, ne’er came;

Shack that inhabited souls, fell apart,

Alas! Errant acts ingested an innocent game!😕


© Pranav Chaturvedi 2021