In meadows and green mountain tops
In soft safe holes of rabbit dens
And rebels, and little moles with no chance to attack
In tree limbs and within a vast field's crops
Inside a bird's nest which longs to be cleansed
With the egg shell, and the runt cub throw back
I can see my soul in every tiger's eyes
A monument to the crippled doe, a fallen foe
To a predator who hungers with age
A weary pyre of the cast aside bones
Are tossed aside from behind into times ago
With a lacy smile, a tiger's wage
I know that I have entered the show
And I can see my soul in every tiger's eyes
And now in the meadows and lands
Upon mountains and fields made for the cruel
I took their eyes, I made them blind
I still must shade my own eyes, I have been so unkind
And I see the sun, in long forgotten prey
I hear the prey cries in so many anguished ways
I realize that is myself in every tiger's eyes
A Tiger To Her Mate
Training means
I know I have to pay
- and I am still paying
I'm so scared of the water
And across the river
The other other side
I'm so scared of the water
And if I could only walk on that water
Which it seems I must do
To get to you
And rip your bloody throat out
A Tiger To His Mate
Lick your wound
- it will heal
Will mine ?
Hunt your prey
- they will feed you
Cannot feed me!
Let your cubs nip
- and suckle your nipple
It's not mine!
Tiger Eyes (part ii, revised)
For a breath's moment
I witnessed her eyes
And the tiger within
Left with a heartful lament
And a worldfull of shies
I faced the tiger's cries
The tiger's roar rang
Like the wind over water
A natural beauty
Lacing the growl she sang
A child's gulling laughter
All so close to me
For that short breath
The tiger arose
And I felt her heart beat
I sat back bereft
Of what she had to show
For I feared I was weak
I blinked my eyes -
There was no tiger to my shame
I'm sure never again
For rare do we see tiger eyes
In those we choose to blame
For that which they have not sinned
Tiger Chimes
Mates tussle and growl
In natural love instincts
- scenting fur and tawny purrrr
Of each other's tongue drinks
Germanic echoing tails twine
- hourglasses eyeing the world
Well within the rind
Of the meadow glade
Bird caws, lion growls, tiger chimes
Tiger tail friends mingle - tiger chimes