Upbeat Thought for the Day

I'm no poetry guru, but I really enjoy this site.

I will remember what I was. I am sick of rope and chain --
I will remember my old strength and all my forest-affairs.
I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugarcane.
I will go out to my own kind, and the wood-folk in their lairs.

I will go out until the day, until the morning break,
Out to the winds' untainted kiss, the waters' clean caress.
I will forget my ankle-ring and snap my picket-stake.
I will revisit my lost loves, and playmates masterless!
                                    
                                     Toomai of the Elephants.