I am mistress of all the land I survey

Hunger tells me its time to hunt today

My pride needs a kill to survive

We have been waiting here for the buffalo to arrive

One young calf will fill the bellies of all

Hark I hear another lioness call

It seems we have an intruder on our land

A leopard has encroached, was this planned?

Snarling and growling, we chase her off our patch

She had better not come back here we are her match

Beginning our hunt, we spread out in a line

All our senses, scanning, tuned so fine

Moving forwards with barely a sound

The elephant matriarch bellowed so profound

Our turn to intrude on nature’s heavyweight

We had better move on before it is too late

Her ears flapping, feet pounding as hard as can be

We can see she is as angry as a bee

Moving along we see our prey

Walking, grazing, and moving our way

My sisters on the flanks stealthily close the net

We are going see how close we can get

Suddenly the chase is on in haste, close to a river bank

As a rhino blunders through our line just like a tank

Twisting and turning on her run to escape

A young buffalo drops under lionesses teeth sank in her nape

Clouds of dust as the rhino dashes off

Making me inhaling this dust cough

A meal is ready for the pride to consume

With so many around the carcass, there is no room

Bellies full at last with this meal

Now with the rhino now gone, we will not have to deal

It is time for some rest to let this meal digest

The wild dogs and hyenas have bones and skin to ingest