I am The Huntress
Apex Predator
Big Cat
Lioness!
With head lowered
Belly to the ground
Pressing down new savanna grass
As the monsoons
Now past
Ignite the Serengeti
With springs explosions
Of life and color
I slink slowly forward
Pausing to check the traitor wind
Who on a whim turns
Carrying scent to prey
And with sounded alarm
The victim turns to flee
But alas
It is too late for this one
When with one final great leap
My muscles rippling
Claws extended
Fangs barred
Jaw ready now
Snapping closed
Clamping on throat
In mighty death grip
To take life’s precious breath
Twisting to land on all fours
The mighty huntress…
Landed on the flower pot knocking it off the balcony,
then turned and ran back inside the house.
“DAMN TOOTSIE! You almost landed on my cactus.
You broke my Dracaena Marginata.
And the lizard got away with everything but it's tail anyhow!
Stupid cat!
What on earth were you thinking anyway?”