When Game Do Drink At A Pan Of Water Poem by Gert Strydom

When game do drink at a pan of water
totally at ease
as if there is peacefulness
a person will think

that the veldt does know nothing about fear
but still their ears are pricked up
and just when they become aware of danger
they do run away lightning quick

to the nearest safety
escaping calamity
and when things in life
sneak up on us like a leopard

coming suddenly with overwhelming danger
are we then astounded, or are we ready to act upon it?