I placed my trust in the forest
It watched me from far and near
As I prepared for a tiger sighting
Tiger-or-not but jungles always kept me walking
And when the sun was hot at its peak
The kapok would drop a flower kindly
We watched bears scrub each other with joy
and then quarrel again to make a point
The crocodiles smiled, and the fish often splashed my boat
as I rowed and shared my secrets along
In its moments of mundane and surprise,
Jungles made me rhythm and rhyme.
It’s been a decade since I left Jungles
And took refuge under the endless skies.
The seeds of the jungle are sown deep within me,
keeping me wild in the city premise
I whistle through the marigold streets,
singing bird songs to young and old
In the autumn and winter of the cities,
Jungles keep me warm within.
Courtesy: Vineeta Yadav
