Lord of the North, King of the South
The day comes to a close
Enchanting golden sunset appears above the lake
Peacefulness of the lake comes down the soul
Yet it is like an eye of the storm
Soon the silver blue countenance of the moon appears
As fishermen sail towards home
They feel uneasy
Like something is watching them from behind the rushes
Eerie haul transverses the calm night
Predator is on a prowl
The wolfs are fearsome bold and intelligent
Lords of the north
But closer to the equator
There is something much more sinister
In east Africa the predator is awe inspiring
And terrifying
You might think it’s a lion
With its glorious mane
But it’s what locals call mngwa
And it drives them insane
In mngwa’s eyes so deep
The very demon sleeps
It awakes at night
When village itself sleeps
It kills people and children
Putting dread in a soul
Its fearsome eyes
Are like two moons when there is no actual moon at all
Looking in them one has to contemplate
What possessed God in heaven?
To make a beast with such trait
That comes close to human villages lying in wait
That stalks the night
Especially when moon is not bright
That has no fear at all
To take down human soul
When one gazes upon the eyes
Into a demon that in them lies
Evolution depends on climate
Genetics, and pray from zebra to bird in the skies
But if you see mngwa it seems that God enjoyed
To make something straight from the void
Something little bit like us maybe that was his point
Something that spawned but needed no evolutionary reference point
But if something like that could exist
Ultimate consciousness can differ if different reference to it will exist
But if from something from void being the reference we insist
What kind of power the ultimate consciousness has if it does exist
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