Poem: Lions

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By: Isabelle Kenyon

serengeti-lions2

Flattened fur
and dampened spirits,
bodies too large to take refuge in long grass –
you lie defeated,
resigned but
waiting.
With eyes of fire
you watch for prey.

 

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