On the Serengeti in Tanzania, the Leopard is one of the fastest animals,
I did love him at first and for many years. Together we had 3 children.
Its distinctive spotted coat is a kind of camouflage in the long grass as it crawls,
He was a wonderful husband. He worked hard and was a very generous man.
The Gazelle is also fast and has sharp horns to protect itself from attack,
I don’t know what happened. He just didn’t want to make love at all,
The Leopard prefers to catch young gazelle that are separated from the pack.
When he did make love he was wonderful and I was very happy as I recall.
The Leopard stalks the herd of gazelle slowly and patiently,
I don’t know why I had affairs. They were not satisfying me really,
It crawls quietly toward the Gazelle and when it is close enough it charges viciously.
I was just trying to make friends with my lovers that’s all truly.
Able to turn quickly and accelerate the Leopard easily grabs the Gazelle by the neck,
When my husband found out I felt guilty, then I felt angry, and soon after I felt nothing.
And bites with long sharp teeth and hangs on with powerful claws that wreck.
I just wanted a friend. I had no friends at that time. I wanted friendship or something.
The Leopard drags the dead Gazelle into a den and onto a tree branch,
It devours the dead flesh and after a rest and moves on to the next avalanche.
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David Wakeling (
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A deep metaphoric meaning stares one in the face with this poem. There may be a typo at the beginning of the third stanza stork for stalk or maybe it has deeper meaning than my small mind can catch on the first two reads. This poem speaks of many relationships and how fidelity is often governed by needs for friendship not provided and ability to take care of family needs, either through sustenance or sexual. This is a poem with many metaphoric symbols from the Gazelle's horns to the age of the Gazelle as prey. Fidelity on either side seems most casual. Well written and to the point
Yes the stork should be stalk.Thats my dyslexia.Sorry. Thank you so much for you inspired critique.Much appreciated compadre
A wonderful write that speaks of many things, wonderfully combined with images and meanings, needs to read more than once, each time you see something different, loved the read
Thank you so much mi amigo
You are very welcome
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