Small reflections of Nature

Saxon Crow

Like a murmurartion of starlings

But without the graceful air

Flying around about the place

Without apparent care

Like a stream of desperate salmon

Swimming to get home

But lacking any instinct

In which direction they want to go

Like a stampede of mighty buffalo

That once roamed the American plains

But without any purpose

It just doesn't look the same 

Like a flock of greedy seagulls

Fighting for some scraps

Pecking at each others throats

Unconcerned at who they snap

Like a herd of wary zebra

Alert to threats unknown

Ready to run the fastest

While the slow one's eaten whole

You see there's a purpose for every creature, 

A nature that is true

And whether it is wrong or right 

There is meaning in what they do

All except for human kind

Who are lost in every day

But there are echoes of it in what they do

Small reflections of nature's way

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Author: Saxon Crow (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 1st, 2022 06:45
  • Comment from author about the poem: I just wanted to get murmurartion into a poem!
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments4

  • Violet bluebell( used to be yellow rose)

    Good poem )) I think even those animals in the wild hunting for other animals .. they are only doing what they need to do to survive and are not bad . But some people are just unkind and there’s no need for it , really . I like your writing

  • Saxon Crow

    Show off? It took me bloody ages lol. Have you ever watched SpongeBob Square pants? He lives in a pineapple under the sea so it's possible for salmon!

  • Bella Shepard

    I googled murmuration and have added it to my notebook of words to remember. I love your description of animals in their natural state; groups, herds, flocks, functioning as one for the safety and benefit of the whole. Animals that prey on other animals, only do so to survive. Humans are the only animals I know of who kill for sport, or gain, or revenge. I much prefer your wonderful portrait of animal life. Great Write!

    • Saxon Crow

      Thanks Bella. Glad you enjoyed it

    • Goldfinch60

      Fine words SC, may those echoes in human kind become reality once again.

      Andy

      • Saxon Crow

        Thanks GF. Me too!



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