A lone wolf on a mountain A fish falling down a fountain A butterfly on a flower A shark about to devour A man on a tower About to meet his death On his last breath About to fall to the ground And people crowd around The man frowned This was how he ended his life Death has the feeling of a blunt knife Yet the wolf, fish, butterfly and shark Are still living Outliving the dominant creature on earth Do we have no self-worth? Giving life away so quickly Because it got a little sickly