In the Tall Grass

You have been warned
Yet you are unheeding - unbelieving

Of your need to back away

To retreat … cautiously

To leave, quietly taking the measure of

Every movement you make

In the presence of such a

Wild, unpredictable animal 

As the lioness quietly growls her intentions
Here, in the tall grass

I 

Until now

A peace loving person

Have forgiven you seventy-times-seven

For your trespasses against me

I

Have now witnessed your harming ways

Evil deeds - Maiming words

Wrought against someone innocent

Whom I do so dearly love

You
Mistook my polite tolerance of you
As a sign of my weakness
A grave misjudgement
You
Are a bully - nothing more than a petty tyrant
Showing no mercy for those whom you victimize
Therefore, I will be merciless

I am unafraid

So ready am I

Trembling with anticipation
Spoiling for the fight I know is coming

I will face you

Call you out – challenge you

We shall battle to the death

I will call a spade a spade

For that is the shovel with which

You wanted to bury me and mine …

Is it not?

The lioness who lives within has been set free

She whose basic instict is to protect her own

Can not be recalled, once released

You

Will be obliterated

Not a trace of you shall remain in this place

Poised

Coiled like a spring - ready to attack

Silently, patiently - I wait here for you in the tall grass
A bit closer now … yes, come closer
The stench of your fear hangs in the stagnant air 

My power surges through my every molecule

Striking 
As a bolt of lightening

Deftly dealing the killing blow

My furious roar of ferocity
The last earthly sound that you hear

Silence ... then relief
For you are gone - will harm no other
My clan now safe
Still, I shall keep watch a while longer
Lone vigilant sentinel
Here, in the tall grass