Vulture and the Plummet

Heat, muggy, and no escape
Water every couple hundred miles
And food, I have now energy to hunt, neither do the predators, I envy
The agility, speed, power, control
Powers I wish I could posses

It has been days now.
Nothing to keep me going
Nowhere to hide
But wait
I see something running, then stopping, then waiting,
In the shadows, on ground, a place not safe for the likes of me
A lion, whose features I am dismayed not to scope

The patience, what more could it have in its stomach than I
Only I know it is the superior
I am worthless

I feel heavy now
But I am light, no nothing to contempt my desire for flesh

But wait
A pounce,
A yelp
I will wait now for my food, I am a scavenger

I can’t my, drive compels me
I can no longer hold on
I dive, plummet, to the ground ready to swoop
I am a scavenger
But
It is
Too late

- Saga Sunshine Shermis