Birds of Prey

A mouse in a field                
hiding from birds of prey                
doing what it must                
just to survive                
                 
A women on a street corner      
looking at her feet                
pretending        
she's invisible                         
avoiding birds of prey                
                 
A little girl being fearless                
in her innocence                  
of man                
where oh where can she be                
                 
Somewhere          
between                
one place and another                
the savagery of life                
to be written on her grave                
                 
fading day by day  
marking the march of time                 
living as a ghost                
in a world                
ruled          
by birds of prey