One upon a time amidst the spreading jungle
Where wicked danger haunts you every time
Between guava trees and sweetest fruit of mango
A tiny lion cub emitted lonely twilight sighs.
Brought up by courageous king of death claws,
Caressed by mother`s selfless love since birth,
Stepped out cowardly under the frenzied roars,
With tiny brave heart enclosed by the thorns.
Often scoffed at by the awkward little lions,
He dreamt of adult deeds to come across one day,
Sneaking out of his shelter at the hour of silence,
Hardly making out distant hues of black and grey…
One starlit night he heard a thundering rattle,
He ran to screams and smelled the trace of blood,
Inadvertently became a witness of the deadly battle,
Rushed to his bleeding dad but stuck in sticky mud.
Never ever he`d forget how those greedy hunters
Threw roaring father lion into disappearing car,
How suddenly burst bubbles of his tiny wonders
And adult challenge born under the diamond stars…
He grew so fast that nobody would crack a joke,
Nobody ever dare fling a grin towards his side,
And childish fears that for many years only choked
One adult day evaporated into recent bleeding night.
He was courageous leader of his decent pride,
Where rules were incontestable for him as well,
That overt challenge in his eyes and proud stride,
His claws of death under which strongest foes fell…
That day when greedy hunters dared come again,
He fought till last breath standing up for honor,
He sacrificed his golden mane and ignored a pain,
Decent warrior with brave reflection in the water….
On top of hill he stood above the heap of stones,
He cried for everyone to hear his loud ever voice,
''No chance for foes to roll on my defeated bones,
I don`t plan to fail'', he burst through roaring noise.
He stretched his paws to show a moving bundle,
A muffled cry came from beneath one by one,
Lion tore the cloth and surprised the whole jungle
In strongest paws he held awakening newborn son…
- Svetlank@-