The Striped Cat Poem by Michael Adeosun

Moulded with elegance

Crafted with fierce ruggedness and stealth

High caste of the feline clan

Rex of the jungle

One that is undomesticable

Even the fearless hunter will never dare

the fierce cat of the jungle

Who dare points a torch to the face

of the tiger?

The blazing eyes of the big cat

is enough to radiate fear even unto

a heart of stone.

The vocal emission of the fierce one is

enough to create pandemonium

The striped cat of the wild

With strides as fast and furious as lightening

Gaits as majestic as a feudal lord

Claws as sharp as a warrior's sword

When hunger visits the tiger,

It is to the peril of the jungle's co-habitants

The roar of the fierce one is a death-knell

The fight has its thrill

Unequalled is the warrior's skill

It is the mark of the tiger

It is the life of a soldier.

18/05/2015