Poetry #10 – The Crocodile

The Crocodile

Too late I grieved

your needless death

my careless net fell

to catch the lively cheribin

we swam and played

in naked isolation

bewitched by wilderness beauty

ignorant of the wonder

dwelling in the deep.


Your speckled scales

shimmer in the morning sun

your peaceful smile belies

the silent struggle

to escape my thoughtless trap

I rue my rude intrusion

and vow to now go lightly

into your world

my paradise found

your paradise lost.

 

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