"Animalistic Reasoning"

"Animalistic Reasoning"

-Ashley Serena

A deer bounds behind shrubs 

Her heart pattering at the thought 

Of what a human could do

If it came near enough

For they show many faces 

Those bipedal beasts

Voices hush and eyes crinkle

As they smile with their teeth

Saying, "Come, little darling,

This hand won't harm, 

You need more than your pelt

To keep yourself warm."

Is it through a skeptic's lens

A deer views man, then?

However can she tell 

A hunter from a friend?

"Best to have another day

To decide what is best,"

Is the thought of the deer,

Her breath caged in her chest

"It is easier to view the intentions of man

From a hillside, a mountain, a faraway land." 

And so, the deer lengthens her limbs

Sprinting as hard as she can

From maybe, from perchance

From risky interaction

But what the deer does not know is 

The farther away she leaps

The farther from a friendly touch

Her heart she does keep

{"Animalistic Reasoning" © Ashley Serena}

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