Hobbling the elephant into a rodent’s hole two score and seven eclipse years
Frantic poachers arrested peace and the slain littered the streets
But
Stronger than the invader he rested in stoic quiet
Wiser than the aggressor he sheathed the sword of blood
Rising as the waves of the ocean eroding the shoreline of bigotry
Towering as the evergreen shielding the fledging tubers from sunburn
Sighted like the eagle beholding the picturesque land of dreams
Icon of sovereignty a ranging fire in the jungle
Caged not cowed insignia of courage song for the weary musings of the spent
Like the lioness robbed of her cobs your roar sent your host scampering for cover
Like a shock of corn in old age you stepped out of the pen with poise
Princes panicked kings and kingdoms quaked fearing for the earthquake expecting the echo of thunder
But gentle rain you watered the land with soothing words drowning the drumbeat of warfare dispersing the clouds of retribution
Rainbow of the homeland dogged visionary our man of peace
