Night Jaguar

A Poem

have you ever heard a jaguar roar deep in the jungle night?

I remember I will never forget that night sleeping on the jungle floor in my tiny tent I feel asleep as the rain fell and thunder rolled and I dreamed jungle dreams sleeping and dreaming dreaming and sleeping until jolted awake by the roar of a jaguar otorongo king of the jungle was it a dream or was it real a deafening cry it sounded so close not too far was he hunting or did he smell a human smell of me in the jungle in his jungle my friend slept in his tent next to me rain poured down thunder rolled I fell back asleep into a dreamworld of big cats small people giants predators and prey I slept soundly with the jaguar close by watching over me breathing by me the next morn I asked my friend did he hear it too? yes he said the jaguar was close the jaguar was near it was a good sign to hear the king of the jungle our guide in the night roaring his jaguar roar watching over us guiding us in our sleep in our dreams how lucky we were that jungle night that jaguar night how lucky to live in a jaguar world

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