Tiger

You're just a zebra
In a collage of stripes
But she can smell your weakness
As she prepares to strike

You can't feel her
Inches from your flesh
She's already tasting your blood
Putting you to the test

But Tigers always play with their food
so she dangles you on a string
Like a helpless canary
she forces you to sing

She forces you to break
She forces you to burn
She forces you to surrender
Before she makes a turn

And her claws are in you now
pulling out the life
Watching you writhe and moan
with gleaming yellow eyes

Because Tigers always play with their food
Torture is a game
And you've only just noticed
Her striped and orange mane.

Author's Note

Just a poem about how people manipulate others and use others for their own benefit, sometimes so much so that's it's almost as if someone is hunting the weak like a tiger hunts deer
edit; i know i wrote zebra and that tigers don't hunt zebra. it's just a metaphor meaning that the person being manipulated can be anyone in the crowd, or that everyone is a potential target. Also, zebras are more symbolized as animals that are hunted and killed.

Reviews

[Caitlynxoxo]

oh.my.god. This was amazing! I couldnt' stop reading, and even then i had to read it over and over again! It was so moving, with such a rythmic flow...beautiful! Everytime i read it, i was hearing Nelly Furtado's song "Maneater" in my head. I especially liked this line:

"Like a helpless canary
she forces you to sing"

Really good line, and i liked how it sounded put together! The metaphor you used (the canary) worked perfectly with the rest of the poem! Great job! Thanks for sharing!!

xoxo Caitlyn xoxo

[Shante Payne]

I love this. Everything about it. The scheme, the rhythem, the meaning. Beginning to end you had me entranced. And amazing how you can come up with such meaningful message from one word.

[Robert Connor]

I'm sorry, but it does not fit in my contest:(

[Scrawl]

OK I have a poem about a tiger to, and I kinda feel sad now. The reason being yours has so much meaning. Well mine does to but yours more people can relate to. Anyways good job it's awesome.