lion and man

by cafetwo2010Harford county, Maryland, USA

Sep 2014 625 Views 10 comments

The lion and the man

Author: cafetwo2010

The lion awakes with no
regrets of yesterday
The man awakes fretting
the events of the past
The lion is pure in primal
instinct
The man is double-minded
in his nature
The lion stands face to face
and will not flinch
The man blinks twice
The lion considers not
the odds against him
The man weighs the price
The lion will not be shamed
The man is consumed
with guilt
The lion is at home in the
valley of death
The man has no certain
dwelling
The lion eats fear for breakfast
Fear eats man alive
Welcome to the jungle.

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Posted: Sep 2014

About this poem:

I've always been facinated with the nature and
very appearance of the lion.

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Comments (10)

SCatlynBrecon, South Glamorgan, Wales UKSep 14, 2014

Fantastic poem! I love this - very interesting... any of those big cats are so powerful - I've written something on paper a couple of years ago, to do with a tiger(maybe someday I'll put the parts of it together for a poem- I think I have about 3 different parts-lol)
These lines near the end:

'The lion eats fear for breakfast
Fear eats man alive' -
just makes me shudder thinking about it... but the poetry is striking...

little

diana_1San fernando, San Fernando Trinidad and TobagoSep 14, 2014

Very striking poem here Jim... the picture that it brings to mind are awesome....loved it...

Spartacus2012Biloxi, Mississippi USASep 14, 2014

Good observations brother Cafe!

Ken

candykidAshburn, Virginia USASep 14, 2014

Me too Jim.....Lions and Bengal tigers are the most majestic land animals.....imho......

cafetwo2010OPHarford county, Maryland USASep 14, 2014

Cat.. Thanks Cat. I wrote several lion poems years ago.
Lions and tigers make great metaphor for poetry. Would
like to see your tiger poem. Purrrr.

Cafe

cafetwo2010OPHarford county, Maryland USASep 14, 2014

diana.. Thank you kindly dear.
Cafe

cafetwo2010OPHarford county, Maryland USASep 14, 2014

Ken.. Thank you bro. Us guys must deal with kitty cats in the
wild and on this site. They're gonna eat us alive.
Cafe

cafetwo2010OPHarford county, Maryland USASep 14, 2014

candykid.. I'm spellbound by all God's creatures. Thank you
kindly sir.
Cafe

SCatlynBrecon, South Glamorgan, Wales UKSep 14, 2014

That's interesting, too - re metaphors. I never thought of them that way too often, but what's interesting is my write IS a metaphor - something with crying & a tiger... that's all I'm gonna say for now...

By the time I ever get to it, you'll prob. have forgotten all about it(but I saw that comment about the wild kitty cats around here - they aren't likely to forget... if you don't watch your p's & q's they just might be what eats you alive