Written July 20, 1995:
ON THE HORIZON
I see it on the horizon,
hiding in the sunrise,
hiding in the sunset,
every day coming
a little bit closer,
and I am so puzzled!
It is not that I didn't know,
it is not that I didn't think of it,
it is just that
if you had never seen a tiger
or a picture of a tiger
and then you saw a tiger in the garden
you might run for your camera
screaming out
that is the biggest cat I ever saw!
but if someone had told you
what a tiger looked like,
and then said, well,
the tiger will be coming soon
but you'd never SEEN one,
you might sit by the flowerbeds
watching day and night
jumping at every shadow,
only to wonder
is that the tiger coming now?
Faye Hall
Blessings, Astreia
