Live and let live

storypoem

 

 

Live and let live

 

A long abandoned grave yard lies

 outside the city boundary.

It has become a paradise,

A well established sanctuary.

 

Unwanted pets turned out to roam

 by cruel owners who don’t care.

 Are welcome here to make a home

 amongst their wilder brethren there.

 

beside the graves in disrepair

 or in the brambles overgrown.

They are quite sure to find a lair,

some place that they can call their own.

 

Although the predators still prey

They’re only acting naturally

by following Dame Natures way.

 They co exist quite happily.

 

Eat or be eaten is the law.

You will not get a second chance

 for nature’s red in tooth and claw.

 The price of life is vigilance.

 

At least they live free from fear

 of mans unthinking cruelty

Few humans ever venture near

this abandoned cemetery.

 

13-Aug-08

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Reviews

[Salvatore Buttaci]

I have read many rhyming poems but few compare to the facility by which this poem was written, the smoothly moving lines, the non-contrived rhymes, the powerful message... Hey! You're a great poet! I'm a fan!

Sal