Switching on the light
I found a slimy lizard
slithering on the wall
into a nook in there
following a tiny insect
on a hot pursuit
and was so still
watching the insect
waiting for a kill
the insect moved
in that instant
the lizard swooped
caught its prey and
swallowed it whole
I watched it happen
rooted to the spot
with unblinking eyes
Death for one is
food for the other!
5 comments:
Fabulous image! I can see the whole scene play out before my eyes and it delights me without any of your 'facinated horror'. Rather, I am comforted.
Your lizard visits me also - except here it's dry and scaly instead of slimy.
The lizard, when you think about it, is a modern prehistoric. Good commentary on nature's law how it's still here with us today.
Best to you Gautami - and continued poetic glances.
-Lady
I think that sort of thing has bothered people for a long time - that life is arranged that way. I even remember in college reading a 19th century poem dealing with it.
Until and unless we ever decide as a society that we ought to be vegetarians in order to avoid causing unecessary suffering, I guess it's just a good thing we're at the top of the food chain...
Life is a Bugger!
Lizard 1
Insect nil
That's why there are fifty billion bugs for every reptile.
I mean how would you like to be endothermic? On the plus side the lizard only needs to eat a couple of bugs a month because he doesn't waste all of his energy heating up his body.
Go Solar!
Thanks Lady Wordsmith! Your words are very comforting to me!
I have been asked how could I write poetry on a slimy lizard? But why not?
Those are good observations, Darius and homo escapeons.
Nature makes sure about the survival of the fittest.
Nice poen abt everyday observation..
Phew I hate these word verfications
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