Trapped
The steel jaw of the trap
clasps tight,
Holding the animal so it
can't break free,
Ripping into its soft flesh,
ruthlessly it tears away at
the small creature's existence.
It shows no mercy.
The animal howls
in crucifying pain,
as it slips away into
another place,
unbeknown to us.
Elizabeth Teague, year 9, Swifts Creek VIC
This poem comes from an unpublished collection of entries to our 1994 Poem and Story competition.
Animal Liberation SA holds the copyright to this work. Permission is granted to teachers to make copies for their own students.