NATURAL PREDATORS

The forest is full of predators

Majestic feathers or soft fur

Brutal hunters underneath

A chorus of sweet bird songs

Escaping from piercing beaks

Colorful patterns that play and hide

Just waiting with their toxins

To protect, paralyze, or kill

Humans are scary beautiful too

Men are the apparent hunters

Some are natural protectors

And many are very obviously both

While woman were relegated

To the protective caretaker roles

Like elephants or otters

Fierce in their own right

Protecting family above all

Some women though are thieves

They have a dance they do

Subtle predatory moves they make

Hunting what isn’t theirs

Like a Mongoose they will start a war

Just to shack up before scurrying away

The best ones neutralize other females

Befriending them, distracting them

With compliments and friendship

Their weapons are lies and deception

In a way it’s all just nature

We can chose who and how to hunt

And who and how we protect