The arena is waiting.
The crowd anticipating.
Footprints, hoofprints,
left in the sand,
the sand that is thirsty,
waiting for fresh blood.
There it comes, slowly.
the savage beast,
a symbol of strength,
uncontrolled rage.
Its head bent down,
its horns forward,
ready to attack.
Its nostrils wide open,
fuming, steaming.
The elegant torero,
such a sight to see,
waiting with cloth and spear,
every move so graceful.
Brutal force against swiftness and intelligence,
an uneven battle.
The outcome always the same,
except when the horns find the tormentor
and pierce his beautiful costume,
staining it with human blood.
The horns are relentless, ruthless, cruel.
seeking vengeance, seeking death
for all those who's noble blood was shed.
Every bull wants to live, it wants to survive,
and it has learned to hate every human
who doesn't show respect
but kills for entertainment,
kills for bloodthirsty crowds.
It will fight back to escape its fate.
To torture and kill such beauty,
a creature so fierce and strong,
is disgusting, despicable and morally wrong.
Our strength should be to let it live.
Then maybe one day it will forgive.

A request from David Fox. Thank you, David. Without you this poem may never have seen the light.

Dear **Berry**: Relentlessly culling,
those lines of yours formed splendid bulling.
On horns of dilemmas
might enter ten llamas >>
in search of some messier woolling?

I like your poem, Berry!

So many human spectacles have gore at their core.

It makes you wonder what goes on inside the human brain.

Well scribed!

Best,
Carol

Well said berry I liked it

Berry hasn't quite told the complete story behind this poem. I saw his plea to sign a petition for signing to heklp stop this horrible cruelty to the bulls via facebook. Being the animal lover that I am, and do not wanting to see this kind of treatmernt go on, I wanted to sign. But the limnk was posted and I couldn't, so I suggested he write the poem, and if I do say myself, Berry, YOU DID AN EXCEL;ENT JOB! I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!!
Your good friend,
David Fox

That was good Berry! ~Scott

Thanks so much David!

Good descriptions and a good message to... to let people know the horror of that so called sport. Gilly