What Jaguar said

It seems that shamans of some Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon have rituals in which they ask to become jaguars in their search for insights... so i wondered what a jaguar might say to a human...

You bipedal, babbling,

Largely hairless human ...

 

Now I will let you become

Four-footed, furred, a supple cat

 

Living deep in the shadowy forest

Full of sounds and smells that will speak to you

As you become jaguar, because

 

Jaguar knows what humans never can.

Reviews

[1809 Black Plague Decem..]

Very bemusing, Helena,
I love it like a children's poem,
great read! ----Maynard

[emmajoygreen]

Cleverly considered, brilliantly written - I truly appreciate the dry wit to your poem, Helena. There's a moral there too - in fact, TWO gifts offered in quite a short post. Thank you so much for sharing!