Sep 2015
I was watching him stand in the heat and the flies,
And just for a moment, saw myself in his eyes.
I am the force and the fight and the teeth and the fear,
Whose anger’s scared thousands for thousands of years.
I am the killer, the king, my rule undisputed,
Yet somehow I see my whole kind being hunted,
I am the courage to stand and protect what I know –
My pride will get hurt or destroyed if I don’t –
I am the leader to take us all out of the darkness
But when pushed, I am by far, far from harmless.
I wished him to stay, to never move on,
But before I could welcome him in, he was gone.
And just for a moment, saw myself in his eyes.
I am the force and the fight and the teeth and the fear,
Whose anger’s scared thousands for thousands of years.
I am the killer, the king, my rule undisputed,
Yet somehow I see my whole kind being hunted,
I am the courage to stand and protect what I know –
My pride will get hurt or destroyed if I don’t –
I am the leader to take us all out of the darkness
But when pushed, I am by far, far from harmless.
I wished him to stay, to never move on,
But before I could welcome him in, he was gone.
Part of the series 'The Animal In Me'.
