Ant Poem by Lexy Sogl

There once was a hive
and in this hive lived a family of five

A lion, a snake, a chimp and a crow
But wait, we must not forget, oh no- we can't
there was the tiniest of the tiniest, of an ant

The lion and the chimp
fierce and strong- and my oh my, they were always wrong
The snake and the crow
intelligent, aye smart- but my the things they missed, that they were slow

A tiny ant who did what was fair
as a matter of fact, he did more than his share

What he loved more than
walks, flowers, hell- even life

was rain and thunder that struck like a knife

he did not believe in putting a smile on his face
or a face on his smile
he believed this was false, he believed this was vile

when the thunder struck, it gave him a sense
a sense, of how to make sense

The ant was small
smaller than small
he was so small
he couldn't even dream of being called anything close to tall

And it was this reason
that in this season

of rain, wind and snow
That all died

but how was he to know
his weakness

was what made him strong