LOST IN THE WOODS!!

This poem is inspired & dedicated to the jungles of the Western Ghats, where more than often I wish to get lost in the woods. That someone like me could pen a poem, that too a long one, as I sat watching the Savri Waterfall cascade in Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary is a testimony to the stimulating effect of the jungle. During my recent visit to Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh similar feelings clouded my mind and hence this post. 

LOST IN THE WOODS!!

The monsoon was fast approaching

Dark clouds gathered over the skies

The mystic woods beckoned me

To come to their abode and fly

Out I set with my camera

To capture a winged beauty

What I did not foresee

Was the magic of the woods and it’s majesty

I followed the birds and the butterflies

Unmindful of the jungle moods

Within no time I found myself

Lost in the woods!!

I was scared and I panicked

Knowing not what to do

Mother Nature told me not be scared and be true

She said she would guide me and

tell me what to do

The dark woods and the beasts

I found to be friends

How unlike humans

Who turn foes and rarely friends!

I had water to drink and fruits to eat

Leafy cushion to sleep and rocks to sit

My friends in the woods allowed me to be the first

To enter the river and quench my thirst

How happy was I to experience this mood

I hope all of you one day get lost in the woods!!