terror was in the jungle <br />terror walked the jungle <br />upon silent padded paws terror <br />stealth shadow moving unseen terror <br /> <br />myth legend whispers moves from village <br />to village by kills word of mouth feared <br />in nightmare battles past claws terror tiger <br />caught villagers hunted stalked killed <br /> <br />moving unseen killing unseen victims <br />dying in unknowing stalked seconds <br />dissipating hunted footfalls falling <br /> <br />paws noiseless leaping <br />ending in crunch seconds <br />life departing in meal seconds <br /> <br />a meal for predator tiger <br />sorrow tragedy for villagers <br />afraid of jungle shadows <br /> <br />stretching back through centuries <br />to primeval fears feasting predators <br />taking in the night family members <br /> <br />killing silently in dark nights <br />of humanity hunted by shadows <br />fears in the predation nights<br /><br />Terence G. Craddock (afterglows echoes of starlight)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/terror-tiger-night-stalking-killing/
