The Cougar

Lady liberty, hold your flame light high, Beware the path thy cross, in the wild undiscovered Wilderness of the U.S.A. For it is here a fierce native predator, Stalks the rocky ranges bad lands, Behold the American mountain lion. Known as the cougar. Nature's solitary soldier, walks with Silences stealth and predatory cunning. Beneath the thickets underbrush, The beast does savor, upon his preys weakness, And relishes the hunt of engagement. Secretive creature, an apex hunter, Wearily observing, his natural habitats Surroundings, this king Survives by tooth and claw alone. Once hunted to the brink of extinction, At the hands of mankind, and greed's bounty. Nobility's instinctual majesty, has reclaimed His mighty throne, on the cliff tops high. The cougar, represents a come backs promise, We as American's shall leave none of our Own behind, has recovered and announces His arrival with a mighty roar. In the heights forbidden realm, the big horn sheep, Smacks his antlers against his reveling foe, It's soundings echo is heard for miles, Abreast the whitening fallen snow, But the great feline lord, has now returned, To his ancestral territory, a shadow flash, Of golden brown, a royal phantom to The art of war, clashing with basic instincts Desire to survive. Behold the pride stands tall, upon the Red bands of freedom, nay liberation’s Symbol soars above the lion's den, Beneath the night's sky shines with Old glory's stars hanging in beauty's favor, We honor him, this the great American lion, The Cougar. BY: CHERYL ANNA DUNN