Prey

An endless cycle of eat or get eaten,

being at the bottom of food chain

even getting paralyzed in fear,

or shouting out of pain. 

You break our home,

ambush us when relaxing,

lurking in the shadows, 

to have your first bite. 

We are at mercy,

of your whims and fancy, 

either you catch and play,

or kill us for your food. 

Being scared won't help,

even our mind is desensitized, 

for, our joy and freedom,

can be taken away any moment.

We do got stronger,

in millennia of evolution,

be our size, horns or legs,

and security of the group. 

But predators too developed,

to satisfy their hunger. 

We ran, you sprinted,

groups being chased by your pack,

bigger we got, your teeth and claw were sharpened,

sturdier we were, your grasp and jaws got hardened. 

But life was balanced, we had our space,

things managed till the recent days,

then came the biggest calamity,

leading us to total defeat. 

There is no place to hide,

everything is under their control,

facing the brink of extinction, 

both prey and the predator.