Sunday, August 23, 2009

The story of Rigdoo and Gimblegee

In the land of Gimblegee
A tiny fish lived in a sea
She smiled and waltzed there night and day
Finding joy in every way

Rigdoo, was her given name
And far did spread her rising fame
Every sea friend came to see
What tiny Rigdoo's charm can be

All the creatures big and small
always knew she helped them all
But no one thought that even she
Could help a blue whale's agony

Mekrook was a giant beast
all he did was sleep and feast
One dark night, the big blue whale
Just got caught in a fiery gale

Tossed and thrown was our Mekrook
Landed close to Rigdoo's nook
All the creatures fled in fear
Oh my god, that monster's here

Mekrook looked around the sea
this is not where he should be
Where's my home he cried and cried
He flipped and turned on every side

Rigdoo came to see this whale
She felt sad to hear his tale
Don't you fear my friendly foe
To your home we'll surely go

Let me think of where he lives
By the smell his body gives
He does smell of filth and rust
Oil, trash and stinking dust

Oh I know that human ship
Stealing every oil drip
Killing all our deep sea life
Papa fish and mama wife

Mekrook wake up we are there
At your seabed sad and bareI
f you want to live in ease
Human ship must leave in peace

Many many weeks went by
Mekrook was about to die
Rigdoo help me I'm in strife
This human greed now wants my life

Rigdoo could but only pray
To heartless beings what can she say
The land is yours , the sea is ours
Please let us be ,we need no scars

And behold, a magic day
The demon ship was on its way
All the sea folk danced in glee
Mekrook lived now happily

Our tiny rigdoo came to be
The sea queen of sweet gimblegee
And so we come to say goodbye
Hope we left you feeling high

3 comments:

  1. Hey...
    O my my....!
    litlle had i known... that this was your creation!! and am thoroughly spell struck...

    I never knew, or had not thought to the slightest, that it was by you or n e one from EVAM group...

    In fact, till date I thought - it was an extract taken from some where..

    pheww - what imagination and what creation...
    Am sure there will be millions of verses which will far better than this, and millions - which does not even reach to its creativity & existance..
    But its really admirable to conceptualise something like this, bring it out, penn it down...give it light, give it life and give it an existance..
    So far it only looked like an extract on which some of the CUT 2 - EVAM groups put up the play... but its actually today, that real essense is felt...
    wow, its simply awesome...
    i gues i shudnt have said am spell struckk..coz being spell struck - i have written so much,... imagine, if i was feeling just abt normal!!!!
    Way to go TmK...looking forward for many more...

    lov n Luck...
    Smriti

    ReplyDelete
  2. In addition to being a very good piece of work, you have made this poem even more special for me and others at CUT :) ...looking forward to a whole lot more blogoetry here :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. hey anupama,smriti, this poem is damn spl to all of us at evam
    smriti

    ReplyDelete