Poem-LionessWatchesLeopardEatHerCub--25March2026

POEM :

“LIONESS WATCHES LEOPARD EAT HER CUB…”

• https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HFUH74rlUys

Lion watching Leopard eating her baby

 https://youtu.be/Du9sy6XMxFY?t=121

Lion Catches Leopard Cub While Mother Watches Helplessly

 

• Leopard kills lion cubs horribly and climbs on tree

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JplcS7u3TYY&pp=ygU5bGlvbmVzcyBvbiB0aGUgZ3JvdW5kIHdhdGNoZXMgbGVvcGFyZCBlYXQgaGVyIGN1YiBvbiB0cmVl  

 

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 POEM :

“LIONESS WATCHES LEOPARD EAT HER CUB…”

 

1^st section

 The lioness walk’d slowly back home,

Tir’d and hungry, but still with resolve.

The hunt was fruitless :

How to feed the babies now ?...

 2^nd

Reaching home, the lioness listen’d

For small noises from the babies…

Lo ! Suddenly the spot was empty !

Where had baby gone off to ?!...

 3^rd

These kids are impossible :

They know they have to stay put,

But they keep wand’ring away :

They keep walking in any direction…

 4^th

Her heart beating louder,

Mother lion scout’d around :

What a shock ! The traitor leopard

Up in the tree sat, with murderous eyes !...

 5^th

The cub’s legs hanging lifelessly :

In the branches the poor kid met death !

What a death ! Such deaths are meant for preys,

Not for the babies of lionesses !...

 6^th

Even the entrails of the kid had gone :

The pitiless leopard’s eyes gleam’d,

In vertical slits they appear’d,

Gloating over the bloody meal…

 7^th

Looking with a challenge

At the lioness on the ground,

The leopard lick’d at the cub’s blood :

Like it was the “gravy” that went with the meat !...

 8^th

The leopard knew too well

Where its battlefield lay :

‘Twas up in the branches,

Where the lions cannot climb…

 9^th

The leopard chose the battlefield :

A fighting ground way too far

Even for the mightier lioness :

From up in the tree the predator gaz’d down…

 10^th

What an experience for any mother :

Watching her own kid being ripp’d apart

Pitilessly, in a gruesome murder :

Lions, too, hunt : but this sight was far too much…

 11^th

A mother compell’d to watch her baby devour’d :

For months she had toil’d, she had labour’d :

Carrying the kids safely inside :

Now, having to watch the cruellest murder…

 12^th

The entrails had gone :

The legs dangl’d, lifeless :

A short life it had been :

What a destiny for animal kids…

 13^th

The lioness herself would do the same :

To her preys she show’d no mercy :

But, suddenly at the receiving end to be :

‘Twas a shock no mother could bear…

 14^th

 Leopard, watch thy back night and day :

Beware of a blist’ring charge from the bush :

No place for thee be now safe :

Thou be dead leopard walking…

 15^th

 Doth thou hear ?!  Eat thy fill :

Get thee prepar’d for the kill :

Thy turn wilt come, murderer :

Thou wilt thyself turn to dinner !...

 16^th

‘Pon the body of my kid I swear :

From high above doth thou hear ?...

Thou gave death in the branches :

Thou wilt meet thy demise in the plain !...

 17^th

Dead leopard walking,

Dead leopard cadaver licking,

Dead leopard gore drinking :

Beware the wrath of a lioness !...

 18^th

Thy days be number’d, dead leopard :

For ever thou canst stay in the branches :

Where wilt thou get water to drink ?

Keep watching thy back every moment !...

 19^th

My eyes will I keep on thee :

Thou may run, thou may not hide :

Thou lick’d at my kid’s skin :

Be number’d the days of thy kin…

 20^th

Thou may run but thou may not hide :

Even in the branches be thou not safe :

We lions ne’er forget, ne’er forgive :

Watch thy back night and day…

 21^st

A bloody, sorry fate awaits thee

And thy family : make no mistake :

Thou wilt pay the ultimate price :

Thou should have thought about this thrice…

 22^nd

Dead leopard walking,

Dead leopard climbing,

Dead leopard running :

Thy days be number’d !...

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Soman Ragavan

28 March, 2026

Mauritius (Indian Ocean)

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