The Kingdom of Frogs (A Poem)

The Kingdom of Frogs

(A Poem)

The Kingdom of Frogs

Can come and go

Because every frog knows

What all frogs know.

Regardless of sex, every frog is King

And each can fearlessly fling

Itself into shadow…

For in and around

The Pond of Life

Every stage from egg to carcass

Co-exists.

On the lily leaf is printed

The tadpole’s mortal shadow

Where the sun scorches a final wriggle

To a dark silhouette.

No regret?

We cannot say!

Only clear as day

Beneath the screech owl’s silent wing

Every frog is King.