The Forest in a Dream

When life is hectic with its ups and downs

I’d like to take a trip out of town

To visit the forest in my dreams

And lay down beside the gentle stream

There all is quiet, peaceful and serene

Filled with wonders yet unseen

Where the only sound in the air

Is the gentle water flowing without a care

Around me are giants

Growing above the moss

And when the wind blows

Their leaves they gladly toss

There is a misty peace

Lingering in the air

And when the sun shines through the trees

Its glow it gladly shares

There I feel content

And my burdens I gladly shed

And deeper into the forest I go

Wherever I am led

I will explore and see

A great many things

Then finally by the stream

I will awake from my dream

Copyright © 2012 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2012/04/forest-in-dream.html

King of the Jungle am I!

The peacock strides in the forest heat

holding his head high above the weeds

He fans out his tail and with a loud shout cries

"King of the forest am I!"

A tiger pounces in the forest deep

but misses the peacock with his leap

He lands on a trap and it is sprung

and into a hole he has sunk

The peacock looks into the hole

and there's the tiger! Lo and behold!

With pride he fans out his tail and cries

"King of the Jungle am I!"

A snake in the waters deep

sees a peacock that's good to eat

He strikes out but alas! Sigh.

A falling fruit hits him from behind

The peacock looks at the unconscious snake

and takes a drink from the lake

Then he fans out his tail and with pride cries

"King of the forest am I!"

A man sees a peacock bright

and wants it with all his might

He steps forward but trips on a stone

and the fall leaves him cold

Now the peacock feels very fine

he opens his tail and sees it shine

"No one can hurt me here!" he cries,

"For King of the Jungle am I!"

Copyright © 2011 by Kwek Yi Zhen

Originally from: http://poemsforocassions.blogspot.com/2011/12/king-of-jungle-am-i.html