Archaic-Looking Komodo Dragon Poem by Doris Cornago

We are not a pair but we have this space to share
Food is scarce and my legs ache from tiredness
A beast you might be but my actions are gentle
Staring away so you won't think I dare, hunched
In a corner, speaking in a singsong twittering way
Like a bird whom earlier you must have befriended

Light steals through the canopy of leaves, darkness
Spreads thickly on the forest floor, companionable
This scaly, scowling ferocious-looking Komodo freed
From a hunter's trap, foolhardy thing but a kind deed
Works for all creatures, huge and small, gratitude
Proves again to be beyond race, creed, or humankind