Hunter Creeping through uncharted territory Intent on deadly focus The hunter’s eyes scanned the water Bouncing, curling, dancing downward Meandering from leaf to leaf Saturating the thirsty soil Pressing through vegetation he notices A smudge in the warm wet earth Footprints! He pauses and examines A paw. And more, luring him on a trail To end in execution of the hunter’s will Swiftly, but silently he slipped Through the yielding green His chest heaving, heart pounding By the minute, closing-in on his prey And halted, melding with the background Sliding to the ground, a hunter by instinct He sprawled like a lizard and inched onward Close enough to exercise his infallible skill A predator and its prey out in the wild One to live and the other to die The bear oblivious of danger Saunters into his gun-sight But sweat trickles into the hunter’s eyes And he pauses to wipe them away But knows the bear must go down! He re-adjusts his lenses and cocks his rifle His face grim, he arches his head and locks-on His target and - shooooof! The deafening sound Shatters the virgin silence of the forest Accompanied by the painful roar of the beast Blood gushes from a gaping hole And the bear staggers and falls Moaning and groaning with agony Filling the air with guttural pleas Then shudders and lies still The hunter whooped in ecstasy As once again he has triumphed His chest swells with pride at his conquest And oh how his family would be delighted There shall be a feast tonight! But alas, scuttled away to the distant bushes Two trembling cubs huddled together is shock At witnessing their mother’s terrifying death And committing to memory the face of the hunter Who one day is destined to become the hunted And the paws they would display would be to shred.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:12:38 +0000
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