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!
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.
ReplyDeleteYour 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.
ReplyDeleteUntil 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!
ReplyDeleteLizard 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!
ReplyDeleteI 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..
ReplyDeletePhew I hate these word verfications