Roar

Learn your lesson

like a lion learns the gazelle.

Let fear be your teacher

the tooth takes its toll.

Rise and take the floor

you are either one or the other.

Take the ribbon in your hand

shall it be leash or lover?

Take the last of those who left

were they bound

or found free and wound

around your little finger?

Be taught by the open door

by the empty floor

You cannot act the child

and demand to have more.

Love is full of fear

tooth and claw and a locked door.

Love is always near

but it demands all of you and more.

Learn to love

like the lion the gazelle.

With hunger and heat

Would you like something to eat?