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Savagery


Rubi Ramirez

 

Human instinct, to live by rules and have peace

Boys on an island with no one or nothing

Slowly their innocence will decrease

 

They wear fleece, one of them is obese

The island around them seems loving

Human instinct, to live by rules and have peace

 

The boys gather to form groups with a chief

The one holding the conch will be instructing

Slowly their innocence will decrease

 

They become hungry craving for beef

They create spears to prepare for hunting

Human instinct, to live by rules and peace

 

Inside the jungle there is a beast

Jack and Ralph disagree and began fussing

Slowly their innocence will decrease

 

They attack and hunt, but each other they seize

Taking it back, prevent themselves from crushing

Human instinct, to live by rules and have piece

Slowly their innocence has decreased.

 
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