A Mouse You Say
A mouse you say
As if to denigrate my worth
make of me something small.
Knowing nothing of my heart,
my will, my daring, my courage.
You see me as weak.
Have you ever risked all
To bring food to your family?
Outrun a snarling barn cat?
Stealthily snatched the cheese
from the springing death of a mouse trap?”
You know not the trepidations
I wrestle with, feel not the fears
I overcome, hear not the song
within my soul. And yet
you judge me
not knowing that I
am one helluva mouse.
©5/21/2021
Personification Poem 150 Poetry contest
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2021
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