Silently Slaughtered

I was challenged by my friend to write a poem about grass... and this is what i came up with

Undisturbed we grow together

neighbors frozen in place

basking in the rays

of an unearthly goddess

given no voice to speak

we sway silently in the breeze

our roots twirling within the ground we call home

united by the very soil we live in 

A simple life

untouched by drama and trivial matters

our life time reason

merely to grow, to reach up , to photo-synthesize

And then suddenly 

with no hint of explanation

we are invaded

ripped and torn from our comfortable roosting

These warm blooded mammals 

mangling and tramping our safe haven

there tentacle like grip draining our sustenance

leaving us destroyed and ragged

We lay no longer living 

undisturbed till the winds blow

tumbling away

as fresh new buds sprout to replace our decayed battlefield

Reviews

[Chris]

So many views and no noseprints left behind? Shame.

You carried the thought stream to a reasoned and real end. Well spoken aloud.