Colours of Time

For Round 8 of The Third Son of Slam Contest (ID: 554585).Prompt:I am an Animal.

COLOURS OF TIME


I know not the cataclysms that await my kin,
I fear not the burials, the drownings or the heat,
I have no inkling that a meteor
Will wipe out my race forever.

I hunt for prey as I always do,
I roar with pleasure, I grunt with pain,
I sit with my mate and hear her coo,
I play with my spawn, I kiss them too.

I learn new tricks to catch more food,
I shy, I dream, I stand, I sit,
I never imagine what story,
Eons later, Crichton will knit.

I go hungry at times, and dejected
At the food that runs away from me,
And yet I hope that more animals,
Will come my way, and I will see.

No, I do not know who in the world,
Is mightier than me,
But I, T-Rex, am the most powerful
Thing on the earth to be!

The past has gone, and I rule all I see,
Future's not here yet, so why do I rue?
My mate, she's calling me to her brood,
Good-bye for now, it's time to sleep.

© Dr. Taher Kagalwala

Written for Round 8 of

SLAM!  (18+) Spring 2006 SLAM! - Congrats to the winners - see you all next time! #554585 by Cappucine

Prompt: I am an animal.