Like my forebear, a hunter I am. <br />Skillfully, I hunt'd on life's every field. <br />With my horde I ran life's race, <br />Chased anything that cross'd my path. <br /> <br />Undaunted I hunted for wild games, <br />Until with awe they mention my names. <br />On life's every ground my arrows flew ‘n' hordes furrow'd, <br />For fame ‘n' a place on life's pages I hunt'd too. <br /> <br />I hunted for love ‘n' everything that came with it. <br />For fortune's hand I also wooed, <br />Till my nest she made her rest. <br />Then for power I go trapping, <br />Till my muscles out they puffed. <br />After every pleasure I hunted. <br /> <br />For knowledge I hunted too till I a sophist be. <br />Then i hunted for friendships, <br />to fill a void within my breast. <br />The more I hunt the more miserable I become. <br />Now everything I possess'd. me it possessed, <br />Till every game I hunted me they hunt. <br /> <br />Like me, so 're you. <br />For various prey you did hunt. <br />Take heed folks, lest you fall; <br />A prey of the very games you did hunt. <br />For all our lives, after vanity we hunts <br /> <br />At our death we're choked by regret, <br />Then we ask if ‘twas worth the while. <br />For games dearest to us we left unhunt'd, <br />While hunt'd by the needless games we did hunt. <br />Before you draw that bow, make sure it's worth the kill. <br />So like me you're not preyed by your prey.<br /><br />Dave BenOdafe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-hunted-hunter/
