No more wild tigers
They say the fearsome wild tiger of Korean folklore disappeared from Seoul around the 1920s.
By AggieSoonPublished about a month ago • 1 min read
Photo by Ciaran O'Brien on Unsplash
There were forests once
Around these mountains
Where tigers prowled
Hunting game and people
When grandmothers
Spun stories to tame fear
Or scare children safe
A jungle of appartments now
Rise tall where
trees once
Dropped light on
Sun dappled stripes
The city hasn’t seen
for a hundred years.
Their home, now caged
Behind zoos
For generations to see
What their tigers
could have been
Wild. Dangerous.
Free.
About the Creator
AggieSoon
Let’s not suffer in silence. Let’s use our words. Let them drip from the screen to move our hearts, challenge our minds, and enrich our time. Here are mine. Really looking forward to reading what others have to say.
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