Tell me the reason behind that pretty smile
Explain why you want to go that extra mile
Perhaps being just friends isn't your style?
When did you realize you wanted me more?
Have you contemplated the challenges of opening that door?
Why do you suddenly want to know me to the core?
Your face hasn't blushed once
I have despite experiencing this feeling serval times before
You hold just confidence, not a drop of lust
This kind of love will last decades darling for sure
Dedication built on respect and admiration mean so much more
Its the slight waft of rotting flesh
That first hits you
While the smartly dressed
Smiling warden ushers you in,
Through narrow turnstiles
There are rows of enclosures
A maze of them, a maze of the wild
Its like a snapshot of danger
A dangerous predator-laden savanna
Danger enclosed
Lions...
You will hear their shouting matches
Royal majestic roars
Like cage competitions
Even the females join in
While one stares you down
Sizing you up
Like a piece of flesh
(Well come to think of it...)
Some males lie down
Nonchalant
Amidst the noise
The leopard paces in its enclosure
Waiting for its daily ration
While the young buffalo
Grazes nervously,
Its enclosure next to the lions
They have emergency exits
Just in case...
You will spot a Serval cat
A croc, bored
And nervous rare Sokoke cats
Terribly out of place...
The skies were peaceful
Life had felt so serene
It all had seem like a dream
But something quickly changed the the scene
The skies overhead turned black and dark
A great change has taken serval places
Life had taken a downard spiral
Only sadness and tears appeared on faces
Then the rain came down fast and hard
Just like fists raining down powerful,painful blows
Leaving broken bones and bruises
Letting blood from fresh wounds flows
The lightning overhead flashes across the sky
The thunder rumbled overhead
Drowning out the woeful moans
Knowing tomorrow wil bw more pain,more dread
As the storm gets stronger
So to does the pain
Makes me wish i had the power
To take away the scars,the fear,the rain,the shame
The black sky was the sign
The storm came alongside suffering
The lightning and thunder strengten it
made the pain worse
The nightmare had begun
A storm had come into their lives
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