Trap Poem by William Kofoed

Its mate lies

Caught in a trap

Unable to get free

In unbearable pain

Slowly growing weaker

It can only watch

And do nothing

It cannot help

Slowly the pain grows

It would do any thing to help

But it nothing do nothing

Cannot open the trap

Cannot free its mate

Even death would be better

Anything to stop the pain

Yet it is powerless

And can only watch

As death slowly steals its mate

Its it own pain

It is helpless

Watching its mate die