Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Lions

Into my dream come the lions
and wait for me outside school,
the hefty male lies down calmly
like a Trafalgar Square statue
the lioness stands ready.

Ready for me. I approach
terrified. These two could eat me
for breakfast, lick my bones.
Should I run, stand still, lie down?

What's to do?
The lioness is in my house
though I can't see her.
I duck in anticipation
of her leap from the wardrobe.

2 comments:

Pam said...

Oh dear! I hope you don't have this dream again.

Relatively Retiring said...

I could say something about lions and wardrobes and C.S.Lewis. You can see the power of symbols in it all.