Lady Rabbit

Although it hurts to live like this

she doesn’t want to die

and something's' got to give in this

when she looks at the sky

A woman stripped of everything

down to her dignity

holes in her mouth, holes in her heart

she laughs, covering her face with art

In sensitive health

and dwindled wealth

of physical strength

she can only ask God

she can only seek out

the path that's beneath

a miserable heath

Through her x-ray vision

commands her mission

she sees through it like glass

the future, the past

and how it could be

of hidden beauty

Interrelations that mean

to defeat the machine

she's framed; “Off The Beam”

and so she shall drudge

through, holding a grudge

ruined is her trust

by judgments' unjust

She runs like the rabbit

whom "wise owls" eat up

with a glimmer of beauty

amongst her dry skin

looking for water

to hydrate within

Oh, can she find the water?

will she find her way?

she has her children to protect

for in a nest, they lay...

She is a gentle woman

but only shows the tough

for if she stops to cry

the bigger animals get rough

But no one will so bother

with creatures impossible to catch

whose uncanny survival skills

can never quite be matched...

And so she leaves the imprints of her feet

upon the snow,

back to her secret burrow

Somewhere no creature knows..

March 12th, 2012

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