A Tale of Morals

‘Bang’
A gunshot rings forth,
And a Peregrine Falcon falls,
Crashing through tree branches,
A huge man laughs
Long and cruel.

He spotted the bird,
The one he just killed,
And picked it up,
He then put it in his truck
And started to wait
For another bird to come along.

The man got home late
It was 9:00 pm
So wearily he lay down
And fell asleep.

The man started to dream,
He dreamt that he was the falcon that he had killed,
He was in a nest
With another female falcon,
As well as three little chicks.

He then flew off over the woods
Looking for food,
Out of the corner of his eyes
He saw a human holding a long gun,
The man realized that it was him,
He was in the past,
He watched as he pulled the trigger.

‘Bang’
The sound rang through the forest
The man felt funny
He couldn’t fly
All he could do was fall
And just before everything went dark
He heard himself laugh,
Long and cruel.