What’s a baby bunny doing limping to a coyote?

I have to remind myself that you’re not a trickster

A swindler

Sometimes I see you wear his face

Sometimes I feel panic when you touch my lace

Maybe I should carry mace

Maybe I should avoid that place

I shouldn’t fear you when you touch my waist

You’re different

So gentle and kind

Yet he lives in the back of my mind

And suffering those words is your greatest crime

You say you’d never let that happen to me

But I still have to wonder if you think he’d have the potential.

I know I shouldn’t fear your friends

Still I can’t lie

I can’t pretend

I wouldn’t want to see them on the street at night

Drunk or high

I can’t help but worry they might

And it worries me that he made light

And even though you hold me tight

You can’t keep the bad dreams at bay

You can’t keep the bad people away

When I’m alone in my bed

When I’m alone outside

And there’s nowhere for me to hide

I feel better when you’re by my side

But we both know you can’t always be there

And this world is much too big

Much bigger than the both of us

And I know your heart is full of distrust

And evil hearts are full of lust

And the baby bunny is limping to the coyote

For protection

From bears

And Hyenas

And birds of prey

And other tricksters that might lead her astray

She crawls to him when the sky turns grey

But he’s friends with the hyenas

Who cackle at pain

And sometimes they skulk

Around his domain

With just barely enough

Restraint

They’re used to the flesh of

rats

Heaven forbid

They get a case of the munchies

But the baby bunny doesn’t want to complain

Because she knows the coyote

Is not the same

And he’s not like the one who made her lame

And made her always take the blame

He made her timid

Forced her down a hole

And never gave back the innocence he stole

And perhaps these fears are irrational

It’s exhausting to be afraid of the world

Every shadow and every sound

And I wish you could always be around

I’m tired of living underground

But I look up

And evil people surround

And my rabbit heart begins pound

And far away I hear the coyote howl

And above me I see the hyenas scowl

above me I hear the bears growl

High above I see the circling fowl

And I shut my eyes

And hold my ears

And only wish the coyote was here

If only he could smell my fear

If only he could sense my tears

And so the bunny goes to sleep

She knows she’s too wounded to make the leap

She knows  this hole is far too deep

She collapses in a heap

She curls up in her bed and weeps

And dreams about coyote’s paws

Restless dreams about hidden claws

gnashing jaws

And broken laws

Dreams that wake you feeling raw

And all the beasts are gone

With the dawn

Coyote is human

And bunny is too

I’m still me

And you’re still you