Bambi

Soft dusty fur,
Wide starry eyes,
Caution permeating every step they take,
Gentle tapered muzzle nibbling the plants beneath their hooves,
Crack,
Ears shoot up and calls of alarm echo across the herd,
Hundreds of pattering feet flee the open meadows,
Fawns stumbling in every few steps,
Stags herding them away from the danger,
Mothers cries of alarm as they lose sight of their young,
The grateful sigh of relief as they are reunited once again.

Gentle lull of rain that never hits the ground,
Instead turning into soft fluffy snow blanketing all in sight,
Wonder echoes throughout the forest as little ones discover what winter is,
Cautious steps on soft snow above the mud,
Out grazing on the open plains,
Bang!
Chaos roaming the plains,
Hunters among the leaves,
Raining blood and feathers from the sky,
Tears and screams as friends and family are taken by the bullet,
Running safely with mother,
Until she's gone never to be seen again,
Silent screams and tears wrack your body as you are forced to leave.

Proud mighty stag with his gorgeous eccentric doe,
Ruler of the forest,
King of kings,
Nothing he can't do,
Mother stays in his mind always,
Twins to love and the world at his antlers.