The Lion and the Fish - Part II

And howling and roaring

we wonder why he is.

Sitting aside and crying

for him who now dead is.

We question why he first jumped,

and the reasons for what he did.

Maybe it was impossible to be stopped -

the pain that in his heart hid.

The guilt and sorrow he felt

of seeing him there, little by little, choke,

as his heart, slowly beating, broke.

And the Lion, there he was,

not crying for his love,

but roaring for how free, he now was.

Bauru, 10/10/10