Encounter Of A Different Kind

We were in a jungle

For a night stay

We were planning a safari

The very next day.

Out of the tent

We were enjoying the bonfire

Our guide had burnt

Few sticks and a tyre.

Suddenly we heard

A dreadful voice

It was not a roar

But it didn't feel nice.

Then a human like figure

Appeared behind a tree

As if asking us

Who are we.

We all were frightened

Shivering with unknown fears

Some of us were weeping

Eyes full of tears.

Made that sound again

It looked very weird

In a minute or so

The shadow disappeared.

No one could sleep

That whole night

We got some relief

When we saw sunlight.

For days I could not keep this

Out of my mind

This was an experience

Of quite a different kind.