Forest Life

As the sun rises in the morning,
The forest creatures awake.
A deer makes that trecherous journey,
To get a well-earned drink in the lake.

There's not enough trees to hide him,
He hears the hunters steps in the mud,
Tries to run, but he's not fast enough,
Soon left lying in a pool of blood.

A near-by rabbit scampers,
The gunshot ringing in his ears,
He cannot hide his terror,
Or hold back the tears.

A squirrell hiding in a tree,
Doesn't realize he isn't alone.
One chop of a mighty axe,
And he's left shaken without a home.

The birds are soaring up above,
Glad that they can fly.
One unlucky fellow doesn't spot the hunters gun,
Before he's shot out of the sky.

A hedgehog sleeping in a bush,
Doesn't notice the farmers arrived,
Until the heavy machinary crushes him,
But then he's no longer alive.

The squirrell finds himself a new home,
And goes to sleep in sorrow.
Maybe he has survived today,
But what about tomorrow?