Quizzical squirrel this

is the third time

you have squirreled

onto my veranda ~

which cadent verse

of Valmiki

are you ruminating on

or do you have some

mystery tale of light

to tell me in

sacred tongues ~

tiny droplets of dew

on your spreading

whiskers

your tawny-grey

breathing form

of fur

your curve-contours

of oblong flocculence

your overgrown

mottle-grey tail

flurrying

your eye globules

of gleaming wonder ~

ah! what beholds them?

emperor of freedom

your biography

is sacred history

epiphany of

mythogramatical lines

sinusoidal epigraphs

in whimsical time ~

flipping floating faltering

you are bouncing jumping slithering

sliding skirting squirreling

onto my window loaded

with the mystery joy

of some strange secret

squirrelly-dreams

rodent-hierograms

arboreal memories

the great squirridael heritage

seasoned by

Raama’a fingerprints of

thanks giving ~

Now on your rump

your little legs turn

into little hands

inhaling exhaling

you are breathing

(like me)

and you seem happy

with the ageless discovery ~

scratching shuddering squealing

wondering

you are on your dancing way

slipping wobbling

squirreling away ~

on the sunny breeze on grass

you pause

find something

to nibble upon

then turn towards me

intonate

impeccable tingle tangling

rodent melograms ~

before I could gather

your singsong melodies

you blast

a perfect crescendo

squirrel-cleave out

of my vision

to the point

of no return

beckoned by

an invisible mission ~

Notes ~

Vaalmiki ~ Sage Vaalmiki Of Indian Mythology ~ The Author Of Raamaayana The Great Hindu Epic which describes the life of King Raama’s who was an Avatar of Vishnu [The All Pervasive Lord] ~

Raama’s fingerprints ~ Raama and the Vaanara Sena [The army Of Monkeys] led by Hanuman were constructing a bridge between Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka to recover his beloved spouse Sita from Raavana the Raakshasa [a demonic being] who had abducted her and held her captive ~ This refers to the tale of a squirrel who wanted do his little bit to the building of the bridge ~ He would immerse himself in waters come ashore soak himself in sand again immerse himself in the ocean ~ Lord Rama pleased strokes the squirrel with his three fingers ~ It is believed that all the squirrels got this as a birth mark from this event ~ I am told that the squirrels in Africa do not have these lines!