Gargantuan creature,

Ruler of the jungle.

A muscular orange body,

Patrolling the forest floor.

Dinner plate paws,

Shuddering tropical surroundings,

Shivering, shaking with each step.

Agile ears,

Detecting every minute movement,

With a fading hope,

Of its next meal.

Curious amber eyes,

Scan the canopy of green above.

A silhouette of a hunter,

His visage dark and reckless.

Barrel pointing menacingly,

Between its panic-stricken eyes.

Blackness…

Like a candle,

Senselessly snuffed out.