FLAMING ADOPTION Sun scorches down Setting the tranquil jungler ablaze Starving tiger Searching for prey Hears the helpless call of an ocelot Thoughtlessly she roars back Rapidly she charges into the overwhelming wreck of flames Her strong and powerful legs Beat harshly against the hard ground Flames waltz like jagged lightning before her green eyes Reds yellows and oranges blurring past Fiecly she jumps over bodies And puddles red as the flames Ocelot cries again Tiger hears her plea for life But other than the flames no evidence of life appears More determined than ever Her eyes search the once lively jungle Again Ocelot's cries peirce her ears Closer,closer now Mourning from the other animals confuses the already dazed tiger Thunder booms in a far off sky Bringing hope of rain And life Ocelot now appears Backed up against a large rock Fighting the flames Almost ready to give up At the sight of tiger she freezes in fear Tiger see's she is only a cub Her eyes turn from vicious to gentle and caring She takes Ocelot in her mouth as though she were her own Turning back to the searing path Sparks clutch to their fur Bolting forks Jagged and light Stab the earth Bringing with them rain Like tears of contentness from the jungles creatures Soon fire dies out Rain passes Like it's only purpose was to set the fire out Tiger and ocelot are now safe In their den, their home Mother and Father by: Angelika Forthal
Reason for writing:
I am in a gifted program in my education program and my teacher
focuses on poetry. We have all mainly been focusing on one thing this year
so our teacher told ur simply to write about what we know about so I thought
about it and I know a lot about tigers, ocelots and forest fires. I sat for a short while and in 20 minutes
this appeared on the page that had been empty. I swear I was unconcieous the whole time!!
-Angelika Forthal
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