@lavieestbelle 9 July 2020

Below the Food Chain

Oh little mice living down the food chain, Toiling daily yet still a low-life prey. Predators hunting to keep you at bay Hungry for boon, which to you is a bane Don’t care if you suffer for still they gain For them, you’re nothing but a price to pay There is no escape - you can’t leave nor stay. No Choice, but to stand there and wait in vain. Oh little birds, with crowded nests or none A flock too many, provisions too less It can be fixed, yet the system’s broken Search for a new nest and follow the sun Fly and reach the highest mountain crest, Lacked in feathers, yet wings still in motion. Explanation: At first glance, you may think that the sonnet is all about animals specifically the predator and prey relationship. Actually, it’s not all about animals but it’s all about a current issue in our society. I wanted to do something different in making this sonnet. So, I thought about the problem that our society is facing right now. One of the major problems of our society right now is poverty. I thought of making this sonnet to give a message of the struggles and lives of the people in poverty.