Lion´s pride

In the pride roaring.
Near the heard stirring.
The alert predator and the grass-eating furred.
Across the plateau clawed paws.
Escaping hooves, a fresh kill raw.
The alpha´s mare terror to the wary.
His dream his reign his lifestyle of dominance
and fury.
The lioness- maternal hunter moving-
her round ears in the flowerheads
before the vulnerable unsuspecting deer.
Then a split second bound and pounce with all
her teeth and claws suddenly announced.
The eternal predator majestic.
Far from the house cat delicate and domestic.
By the sparse swamp plains into the deltas brush thick.
Is the lion´s game his plate, his pride, his trick!