Eli's Adventure

She held on tight to her Mother's tail

Being watched by humans on a trail

They'd point a funny looking thing at them

And call them many queer names.

Elie, the little elephant, she

was as restless as the sea

She wanted to know how the nectar tasted

How long is a day? How small is a bee?

Alas she had been told since long

Exploring by herself was extremely wrong

She's too small to know, too lil', too low

To face what's out there, all on her own.

Yet one day, as sudden as a snake

she let go of her mother's trustful tail

And like a war-hero to the lake

She marched with all her might and main.

And as her dauntless feet felt

The cold and soft and wet mud

It made her curious heart melt

Such relief, a blissful battle.

She drank the water from the lake

Breathing the air, full of satisfaction 

She thought what next was to be done

Which mountain to climb? Which sea to cross?

The trees, they waved an early adieu

The leaves, they shivered and shuffled

The monkeys cried, a mournful goodbye

And Hell and Hades were wide awake.

Into the flesh of innocence, 

went the pawn of death

And life that once breathed youth

Stopped and stopped and....