Mine! Poem by Stacey Williams

A man punctured the ground
With his pompous red flag
“This is mine! ” He declared
With the wind waving his tag.

Stood victorious
His legs proudly spread
“Actually it’s mine.”
And out popped a head.

A small female rabbit
Appeared from the ground
“This is not yours.” She exclaimed
“It’s not something you’ve found.”

“This is my home.” She yelled
“This is all mine -
You shall not claim it.
No no, not this time! ”

“Hush little rabbit!
This is not yours.”
Out crept a fox
Licking his paws.

“Run back to your warren
This is all mine.
Or should I eat you?
You’d taste Devine.”

“No! This is all MINE! ”
Screeched the voice of a mole.
He quickly made his statement
Then vanished down his hole.

“Don’t listen to him.
It’s simply all mine.”
Down swooped a swallow
Who flies on a rhyme.

What a great squabble;
The man, rabbit, fox and a bird.
All fighting for land
Until something was heard.

Every single blade of grass
Began to sing in the breeze.
The wind loudly rustling
Through all of the leaves.

The clouds and the rain
Soaking the earth as one,
The wind wildly blowing
And the sun that still shone.

“Be still little ones
Believing of possession and choice
I am all encompassing
With no single voice.

We are one and we are many,
United and separate at the very same time.
So stop your thoughts of owning me.

Because – you are all mine.”