The Tigress to Her Loving Cub
Together on this outcropping
we mind the wild world in spring
those heavy hooves and hungry howls
the dusty scuffles, savage growls
pursued and prowlers in the reed,
the yawning fawn and tumbleweed
vast stampedes spurred to burst in fear
should crocs or jackals creep too near
the zebras feeding far from harm
as mosquitoes swoop and swarm
nine elephants in sluggish stride
as vultures loop and meerkats hide
serene giraffe, their feast of leaves,
the pregnant mare who huffs and heaves:
how each partakes a primal role,
completes the circle, makes us whole.
Too soon my son you'll join them there
with paws and claws, your awesome stare
while I will watch from near or far
proud of the tiger that you are.
The Tigress to Her Loving Cub © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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20 lines. Image challenge prompt (female tiger and her baby sitting calmly together) - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2747979-Fantasy-755
Image credit/source:
https://www.dreamstime.com/siberian-tiger-mom-cub-mother-dasha-one-her-two-cubs-zoo-duisburg-germany-just-three-years-old-public-domain-image-free-85192462
Submitted: April 24, 2020