a man lives in the forest
and every tree he sees
he himself he planted it
he knew where he could be
30 years before that
at 16 years of age
and now at the age of 46
he’s regarded as a sage
for all around him
are his trees
everyone in fact
he had the foresight to create
and the forest did react
to the logging that was going on
in those days of age when he
was observing feeling sorry
as more clearings he could see
and at that rate of clearance
if he had not planted new
now there would be desert
and that just wouldn’t do
now he lives with tigers
with elephants they all
thank him for his hard work
and realize how cool
he was to think in that way
for if he hadn’t, they
would have no homes to go to
which goes to show
to say
a single boy could do this
sounds far fetched but he
because he had the forsight
in his forest he can be
Jadav Payeng is heralded
and everybody feels
that what he did was special
as the environment now reveals