Animal Meditation

A tiger runs fast as light, I want

to catch you but, I see you going

to your next prey, sneaking up behind

it. You have a skin tone of fire

with black striped lines. You are a

fire work, by being energetic while also

being nonchalant. You teach me to

be unique.

A bear inside the cave

I can hear you starving in the cave

you have fur and black or brown skin

you are a cutie pie

you teach me how to scare people.

A chameleon blends into the scenery

reflecting the color around them

I never notice when you hide

from me, beautiful green scales

you are a painting palette

teaching me to keep myself in

secret.

You are a colorful wonder,

constantly imitating our words.

Just like your wings,

you bring color to our lives.

You carry a sense of freedom within you,

teaching me to follow my own path

and chase my dream.

Red, the color of love

Yellow, the color of passion

Green, the color of nature

You are indeed a parrot.

I can find you in a rainforest,

or even as a pet.

Nonetheless, you are mesmerizing to

the human eye.

Eyes that carry such fascination,

you are a piece of art.

You scream your lungs out

but that’s your way of communicating

I can hear the same line in my head

AwaAwa

So small yet attitude bigger than you?

Yet  want to catch you not because you

cost $800 to keep

more of a housing problem so small

Yet I can’t fit you in a house made

for someone who’s 200x bigger than you

So small you can see atoms on a molecular

level

So hairy you can fill a sea with your hairy

self

So cute you can get out of prison with

just your face

But to catch you I must be delicate for

I can not hold something so small

Not yet at least

A cobra waiting in the grass,

wanting to hunt.

You are obsidian.

I can hear you hissing your

way through the grass.

You teach me how to fight

You have shiny black scales

that shine like diamonds

You are the cobra in cobra kai

Amber eyes in golden grass

A fleeting shadow, swift to pass

spots of black in the dark night

With speed and grace, it takes its stride

Hunt and Kill, it’s finished

Try to kill it,

You will be in it

If you catch its eye,

you will die.

Be aware, you will be scared.

I want to see you but you’re

too fast.

I want to take a picture

but you’re too fast.

I want to pet you but you’re too

fast.

You’re a bolt of lightning.

Your pattern makes you invisible in

the grass.

You are fiery and fast.

I want to pet you but…you’re too fast.

A spider crawls

and makes their

way towards a

corner.

I hear you tapping

your legs against the

floor.

You have a hairy

body with lots

of legs

You are a

dark moon

You teach me

how to scare

people.

A penguin slides across the ice

I hear you splash into the water for food

You have wet and warm skin

you are a white and black movie

You teach me to not trust all cute things

A lion hunts with his pack and leads them.

I can hear you roaring to set your dominance.

You have brown, long fur covering your head.

You teach me how to be a respectable leader

You are a fur ball.

I want to have you but—

A fluffy feather,

I let the wings shut

thinking of weather

I won’t let them cut.

A mockingbird that teaches me a lesson,

Feels like its stuck in me

Acting like a villian

Flying like a bee

Heartbreak is the best one

It makes me feel like “I WON!”

It acts slow-moving, decentralized

and opportunistic, predator that utilizes

water.

I can’t hear you because you are

deep in the ocean.

You have wavy skin.

You are a star.

You teach me I cannot save

everyone or fix every problem.

The owl hides in the morning and out

in the night.

I hear the owl whistling at night

making creepy noise.

You have big pretty wings.

You are a

sentinel of the night.

You teach me how to find

stuff in the darkness.