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History of the evolution of the female leopard

Sadness

By Mariana R PennPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
History of the evolution of the female leopard
Photo by HARSH TANK on Unsplash

A female leopard running in the wilderness

A bold young hunter shoots it like a rabbit

shot it through the heart, and with

With more guts, she screams to the sky

The bullet flies out of the body and the wound heals as before

The wound became a philosophy of running

It continues to run, through the flesh of the hunter

Mouth, nose, ears, limbs, belly

It ran into the larger wilderness

For a moment, the truth sat by a rock

eyes were shaken by something false and saw it

instantly grew into a human being, and at the same time spat out

human greed, anger, foolishness, slowness, and doubt

In just one second, it became thin and bony

As if drained of flesh and blood by a wicked witch

But it was unaware of it, and its body was still

full of strength and just kept running

Like an aurora on the ground, a miracle of perception

As it ran, it shot out countless arrows from its body

While running, it sends gentle provocations to the gods

It keeps running until the thunder roars

The earth and sky cracked and movement became

stationary for eternity. Finally-

For a moment, some unearthly mortal

Saw it and became God

Just being there is

Refuting the truth of so many statements

Just to be alive is to be more than a hazy consciousness

The endless goodness that comforts the loser more

nature poetry

About the Creator

Mariana R Penn

True satisfaction comes from within you, not from outside people and things.

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