The Leopard Goddess' honey colored
eyes watch always ready and careful
Her life like any wild creature
relies on her abilities
She's taught from birth by her
mother the ways of surviving
Her silky beautiful coat hides her
in the tall grasses and bush
Giving her opportunity
to snare a wild boar or impala
which she does with her own
type of grace
She's stealth on paws
Power in every step or jump
The Leopard Goddess is complete
beauty beyond words or discription
Her every breath is one of survival
Her goal is to live and to pass on
her legacy to create another
Leopard Goddess to take her place
The one thing her mother can't
prepare her for is mans guns
Like so many other
awesome creatures in Africa
She is hunted down and killed
for a trophy, one of 2000 this year
Her legacy taken from her
Her glory snuffed out for no reason
but mans own ignorance and greed
Her honey colored eyes
closed to us forever
But she won't be the last
They will keep coming
Killing
Taking the beauty God has given
Her power and so many others
just gone, like it never was
Man will destroy them all
I looked into her honey colored
eyes for one last time and wept
For I knew that they would
still be open, hanging on
some mans wall lifeless.