The Lost Vanity!

As tall as that tree
She walked 
Majestic!

Her trunk touched
That stars
That bloomed on the acacia…

Her reflection
Revamped that stream
Yes,
She walked…
Majestic!

On this land 
Where lies her body
Abandoned!

That crow plucked out 
Her eyes…
And flew to the distant blue…

I wonder,
She must be observing it!

Vanity…
Is nothing…
If it’s of earth and sky!

And still,
You worry!

This mud was never yours!
And this air... 
You never owned!

Yes,
You touched the sky
And,
You must touch 
This earth…

The ash shall fly away…
Empty, 
Shall rest your hearth!

Sanjeeta Sharma Pokharel “Hridayaninadini”
Wrote this poem when saw this massive elephant resting dead midst the huge jungle!
4:49 pm-3/24/2013
Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka, India