Erika Horn - Siberian Tiger

He wasn't immediately visible <br /> to us at the zoo <br /> Ensconced in his concrete <br /> square lair <br /> He deigned 'finally'- <br /> to give us a sight of him. <br /> <br />With measured weaving steps <br /> magnificent feline <br /> in the freezing Siberian <br /> winter <br /> yellow and white striped <br /> master of sun and snow <br /> red blood predator <br /> of the dark. <br /> <br />Now on his grubby brown patched <br /> square cloth of space <br /> he takes mincing steps <br />slowly pacing as if he's not sure <br /> what he's looking for- <br /> <br /> Oh, ancestral memories; <br />coursing through vein