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Changing Land by HereifAnywhere
The blood dripping from my teeth.
I was standing over my kill guarding it.
I made a successful hunt.
I would of eaten well.
Out of nowhere other creature showed up.
They want a piece of my meal.
I growl and show my fangs to scare them off.
It seems to work.
They cover there mouths with there hands.
Crying is heard, I must of spooked them really good.
Or at least I thought.
Soon more show up with big sticks.
I am caught before I could even fight back.
They drag me away from my food.
I am put in a cage with a heavy leather ring around my neck.
It is stuck into the ground, not giving me a lot of movement.
I am stuck looking down if I stand.
It digs in deep.
I feel myself bleeding from it.
They say things like, "is that the one?"
" Yup that is the one that killed that child."
They say that they are going to put me down.
I do not understand.
I am already pretty low to the ground with this thing around my neck.
I did not know it was a child.
I saw food.
I was hungry.
The hunting grounds changed so bad since I was a pup.
I just thought this was something that lived on the changed landscape.
I took it down so I could feed my pups.
I did not know it was not on the menu.
If I did I would of just starved and let my little ones die.
I am sorry you changed the land so bad.
I am sorry I tried to adapt, to what you made the of the world.
I was standing over my kill guarding it.
I made a successful hunt.
I would of eaten well.
Out of nowhere other creature showed up.
They want a piece of my meal.
I growl and show my fangs to scare them off.
It seems to work.
They cover there mouths with there hands.
Crying is heard, I must of spooked them really good.
Or at least I thought.
Soon more show up with big sticks.
I am caught before I could even fight back.
They drag me away from my food.
I am put in a cage with a heavy leather ring around my neck.
It is stuck into the ground, not giving me a lot of movement.
I am stuck looking down if I stand.
It digs in deep.
I feel myself bleeding from it.
They say things like, "is that the one?"
" Yup that is the one that killed that child."
They say that they are going to put me down.
I do not understand.
I am already pretty low to the ground with this thing around my neck.
I did not know it was a child.
I saw food.
I was hungry.
The hunting grounds changed so bad since I was a pup.
I just thought this was something that lived on the changed landscape.
I took it down so I could feed my pups.
I did not know it was not on the menu.
If I did I would of just starved and let my little ones die.
I am sorry you changed the land so bad.
I am sorry I tried to adapt, to what you made the of the world.
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Thank you,
I do agree,
I understand what you mean.
Thank you for reading it and leaving a comment,
A very nice comment that show you read it and even thought about it.
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WildOak
I wanted to comment on this, because I saw in the comments of the other story that you weren't sure how people would feel about this. I had no problem with it. I agree with the other commenter who said that it shows the wolf's perspective, and I think it does it very well.
I really liked the poem overall. The only reason I didn't fave it is because of these two lines:
"I did not know it was not on the menu.
If I did I would of just starved and let my little ones die."
I understand why you wrote that, but it does not make sense from a real wolf's perspective. A wolf will eat a baby deer or a baby rabbit; they don't really differentiate between young and old, they just go after whatever prey is around. Or if there's a whole herd, they go for the easiest kill.
So those lines seemed out of character. But I do understand what you were going for, and in that context it makes sense: We changed the land, and the animals have to adapt the best they can, and if things like this happen, it's because we left them no other choice and it's not their fault. I totally agree with that, and your poem shows that very well.